As waves of natural light streamed into our top-floor suite at The Ayrshire Hotel, providing a pleasant late-afternoon glow on this August day, our thoughts immediately turned to winter.

Yes, it’s true. While there shouldn’t have been a snowball’s chance in h-e double hockey sticks that talk tied to our frigid Canadian winter could pop up in the heart of summer, here we were.

To the uninitiated, The Ayrshire Hotel is no ordinary building. As one of a handful of flatiron buildings in Canada, it’s also the oldest standing flatiron building in the country (founded in 1865).

A hotel in the heart of it all

Likewise, the village of Elora is no typical place. Its majestic gorge, limestone buildings and small-town charm have long lured day-trippers, and more recently, overnight and weekend g

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