Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise

Hire car collected from Banff. A white Buick. Nice. Big ol' American fuel guzzler. That was the easy part.

Next? Driving. On the wrong (right hand) side of the road. Dad and I. Pressing imaginary brakes when the other was driving. Stop signs and no line markings. Pedestrians and their right of way?

We survive the one hour drive. And arrive at our most anticipated destination. The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise. Absolutely. Magnificent. Palatial. Royal.

We check in. Then discover our beautiful lakeview suite has no disabled access. Not at all practical or what we had booked and not sustainable for our stay.

The solution? A fully equipped disabled room offered as an alternative. The only problem - that room only sleeps two.

Second solution? We keep the original suite, plus take the additional disabled access suite - no charge. #freedomisimminent

Um. An $1800 a night suite for 2 nights? No charge? I get to stay alone in the lakeview room (luxury suite!)?

Lake Louise Chateau Fairmont. Thank you. Thank you, and thank you.

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