Day 12 - Regina, Saskatchewan: RCMP Heritage Centre and Provincial Legislature

Today we were about to leave Manitoba and enter the next province, Saskatchewan. Regina is the capital of Saskatchewan, though not the largest city by population. Regina is also the home and training center of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Canada's iconic police officers, also called Mounties.

At the RCMP Heritage Centre you can find out how the Mounties always get their man, emphasis on always. Several exhibitions chart the past, present and future of the RCMP and vintage uniforms and technologically cool displays show the whole story. There is an interactive CSI-style murder investigation walk-through and a 27 minute Hollywood-level introductory movie about the RCMP shown at their theater.

After that we went to check out the Provincial Legislature building, an outstanding structure around Wascana Lake in the city center. There were free tours organized every half an hour and we caught the last one at 7pm. Did you know they are able to provide a live tour in German and Spanish language (besides English and French)? The building's structure has similarity to the Manitoba Legislature, though its specialty are green marble pillars from Cyprus (which supposed to be not available anymore) and some nice wood carvings.

Wascana Lake is a nice place to walk around before one returns to his comfy hotel bed.