{"id":411,"date":"2010-11-12T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-12T23:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixhart.ca\/blog\/?p=411"},"modified":"2013-11-27T14:26:39","modified_gmt":"2013-11-27T22:26:39","slug":"banff-springs-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/banff-springs-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Banff Springs Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1VBmmhfhI\/AAAAAAAAECw\/hUWZlVP8p1U\/s1600\/IMG_8350.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"386\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1VBmmhfhI\/AAAAAAAAECw\/hUWZlVP8p1U\/s640\/IMG_8350.JPG\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">The Banff Springs Fairmont Hotel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1VVJsxmtI\/AAAAAAAAEC0\/Tekta1WEfd4\/s1600\/IMG_8302.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"414\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1VVJsxmtI\/AAAAAAAAEC0\/Tekta1WEfd4\/s640\/IMG_8302.JPG\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">The Banff Springs: where we are currently staying<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1VjWvIZrI\/AAAAAAAAEC4\/wlxsC8Hiry8\/s1600\/IMG_8298.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"494\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1VjWvIZrI\/AAAAAAAAEC4\/wlxsC8Hiry8\/s640\/IMG_8298.JPG\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Peter and the girls off to find breakfast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1VuUFh9MI\/AAAAAAAAEC8\/8AYHpIBt_BQ\/s1600\/IMG_8296.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1VuUFh9MI\/AAAAAAAAEC8\/8AYHpIBt_BQ\/s640\/IMG_8296.JPG\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Mom and Pip after she had a nasty fall on the sidewalk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1V6vHOs0I\/AAAAAAAAEDA\/fw3O-OVIe4M\/s1600\/IMG_8301.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1V6vHOs0I\/AAAAAAAAEDA\/fw3O-OVIe4M\/s640\/IMG_8301.JPG\" width=\"336\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Off to the town of Banff for Breakfast<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1WKl9bueI\/AAAAAAAAEDE\/SuH9fgKGiCQ\/s1600\/IMG_8352.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1WKl9bueI\/AAAAAAAAEDE\/SuH9fgKGiCQ\/s640\/IMG_8352.JPG\" width=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Hotel tour: Dave (tour guide) called Pip the Hotel Princess and gave her a throne to sit in.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1WY8Ya2YI\/AAAAAAAAEDI\/72Qj_q2GZQk\/s1600\/IMG_8353.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1WY8Ya2YI\/AAAAAAAAEDI\/72Qj_q2GZQk\/s640\/IMG_8353.JPG\" width=\"404\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">In the hotel Cascade Ball Room<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1WkH2JzyI\/AAAAAAAAEDM\/t196nwmJb_k\/s1600\/IMG_8355.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"444\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1WkH2JzyI\/AAAAAAAAEDM\/t196nwmJb_k\/s640\/IMG_8355.JPG\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Me and my gals at the Banff Springs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1WyiPncMI\/AAAAAAAAEDQ\/zcm8HIneOZo\/s1600\/IMG_8357.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1WyiPncMI\/AAAAAAAAEDQ\/zcm8HIneOZo\/s640\/IMG_8357.JPG\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Tabs the photographer<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1XMaP0GsI\/AAAAAAAAEDY\/kkXOjseWJyA\/s1600\/IMG_8360.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1XMaP0GsI\/AAAAAAAAEDY\/kkXOjseWJyA\/s640\/IMG_8360.JPG\" width=\"488\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1XU2CZvWI\/AAAAAAAAEDc\/-t1OQFcJ7a4\/s1600\/IMG_8358.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1XU2CZvWI\/AAAAAAAAEDc\/-t1OQFcJ7a4\/s640\/IMG_8358.JPG\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Pip and Tabs at The Banff Springs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1XimI7ESI\/AAAAAAAAEDg\/qnQjHl4srFQ\/s1600\/IMG_8359.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_oxIVHsQ4CdQ\/TN1XimI7ESI\/AAAAAAAAEDg\/qnQjHl4srFQ\/s640\/IMG_8359.JPG\" width=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Hiding in the stair well (not the best pic of Tabs)<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">We have arrived in Banff. We are staying at the <i><b>Banff Springs Hotel<\/b><\/i>. We have a very nice executive suite with a living room, bedroom and amazing wilderness views of the mountain valley.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">All is gorgeous and a little chilly! Highs of only +2 \u00a0oC. When we walked into town for breakfast yesterday it was -3 \u00a0oC and there was a wind. We are not used to the cold yet.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">The mountain views are unbelievably majestic and well worth the chilly temps. The mountains have snow on top but there is none on the ground. We saw 3 coyotes running through town on our first night here. They seem to be very populous inside the town area.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">I have (most unfortunately) caught Pip&#8217;s virus. A cold type: sore throat, chills, headache. I am doing my best to keep going however, what I need is the week in bed! However, the restaurants at the hotel are very expensively priced. Breakfast for a child is at least $25. So, we hike to town to eat. Last night though, I was too tired to go anywhere and we ordered room service. Mistaya was most impressed as it arrived on a large, elegant rolling table with all tall wineglasses filled with ice water for the girls.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">The outdoor pool is the best: hot, steamy with crisp mountain views.<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">Yesterday we toured the Hotel with a guide (the famous Dave) and learned a few ghost stories. We also toured the town and swam at the hotel.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">Today, I believe I will haul myself out into the cold to walk with the girls to the museum and for breakfast at \u00a0<b><i>Phil&#8217;s, a<span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">nd a<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">swim in the outdoor pool.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><b><i><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">It is nice that TV is real novelty for the girls. We don&#8217;t have TV at home, so to have cable in hotel provided the girls with a treat so I can rest. Although, Tabs wants to try the Fairmont Kid&#8217;s Club at the hotel today. I&#8217;ll have to call and find out about that.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><b><i><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Finding it hard to do my research study, I am so tired with this virus! But I am chugging along slowly.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">Taking it easy this trip. No heroic hikes and it is too early to ski or skate. Leisurely walks around the hotel and into town, swimming and a little historical site touring is about what I&#8217;m up for.<\/div>\n<p><span><\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Banff Springs Fairmont Hotel The Banff Springs: where we are currently staying Peter and the girls off to find breakfast Mom and Pip after she had a nasty fall on the sidewalk Off to the town of Banff for &hellip; <a class=\"kt-excerpt-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/banff-springs-hotel\/\" aria-label=\"Banff Springs Hotel\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2204,1805],"tags":[1920],"class_list":["post-411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-canada","category-travelandadventure","tag-banff-spring-hotel-fairmont"],"aioseo_notices":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":2204,"label":"Canada"},{"value":1805,"label":"Travel"}],"post_tag":[{"value":1920,"label":"Banff Spring Hotel Fairmont"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"mixhart","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/author\/mixhart\/"},"comment_info":2,"category_info":[{"term_id":2204,"name":"Canada","slug":"canada","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2265,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1805,"count":179,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":2204,"category_count":179,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Canada","category_nicename":"canada","category_parent":1805},{"term_id":1805,"name":"Travel","slug":"travelandadventure","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1859,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":363,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1805,"category_count":363,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Travel","category_nicename":"travelandadventure","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":1920,"name":"Banff Spring Hotel Fairmont","slug":"banff-spring-hotel-fairmont","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1975,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5531,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411\/revisions\/5531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mixhart.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}