As most of you know, this year marks the 10 year anniversary of when Sophie and I first got together. Now you will also know that Sophie never forgets when I promise her something (especially if its going to cost me money!) So, when on our first trip to Lake Louise since we'd moved, she mentioned how wonderful it would be to wake up to the amazing view of the glacier, I told her that we could come for our 10 year Anniversary (should have known she'd remind me!).
Now with us needing to save as much as we can, in case we aren't able to work for a couple of months, we agreed that just to have a night away anywhere would be a real treat. What Sophie didn't know was that I had done a few extra hours overtime to ensure that I could still treat us to a night at the Chateau Lake Louise.
Now when you visit the Lake, you are able to walk all through the hotel, but for those guests that have upgraded to 'Fairmont Gold' it had the top few floors only accessible to 'Gold' guests. So not only was it extremely 'posh' it also didn't have groups of tourists wondering round the corridors in shorts and sandals photographing everything. Now don't get me wrong, we had been those people many times, but when we wanted a bit of luxury and a chance to celebrate our Anniversary in peace, the Gold upgrade was worth every cent!
I had gone all out and ordered champagne and chocolates for the room and had obviously made sure we had a lake view room.
We were so lucky with our room, cause as it was a corner room it was duel aspect,
so we also had a mountain view.
The view from one of our windows, which looks like a poster on the wall!
Our very posh bathroom!
Whilst we were there, they were hosting an Ice skating and performance show called Elemental. The frozen Lake had an large area that had been cleared of snow where the show would take place.
The ice rink.
There was also a full sized hockey rink cleared out on the lake!
(this was the view from our other window)
The performances were by a cast of International and Canadian Figure Skating stars, where they would tell a story with skating routines and tricks. We were so lucky, that as it was a little chilly outside, we had a perfect view from our room and just had to open our window to hear the music.
Sunrise from our bedroom window!
Knowing that the a skating rink is cleared on the lake, I had sneaked both our ice skates
in the car so that the following day, we could make the most of the breathtaking scenery.
"I've got my ice cube, now wheres' that bar for my malibu and diet coke!"
Although there were some rather disappointed family and friends, as i didn't 'pop' any questions, Sophie and I had an amazing time. We got to spend the night in a magnificent room, with a view that just blows you away, and we got to spend two days surrounded by some of the best bits of scenery that mother nature has to offer!
