Accommodations

Accommodations

I wish we’d taken a picture of the itteh-bitteh-even-for-a-kitteh hotel room. We weren’t taken completely by surprise. The man and I have stayed in metropolitan hotel rooms before (London, Paris, NYC), so we don’t expect spacious. But this was maximizing space to an extreme. If you pulled the chair out from the little desk, you couldn’t get to the bed; you had to move the nightstand to open the closet door (but you had to move it in front of the other closet door); you could barely get in and out of the bathroom. But still, I have to admire the economy of space and the amenities they did manage to squeeze in. The bathroom had good lighting and the shower had both a regular and a rain shower head. Flat panel televisions have made small hotel rooms better. And the internet access was included.

What’s required in travel accommodations varies trip to trip for us. Depending on what we’re doing as well as how much we want to spend. Our New Year’s getaway to San Francisco this past year required a spacious and luxurious room, because it was a trip meant for us to crash and burn (didn’t turn out that way, thanks EXPE!) while somewhat venturing out to the city. So for that we got a suite with an amazing balcony on Nob Hill. This trip, as previously noted is meant to be ad hoc, so we don’t really expect much out of the hotel rooms we get. Cleanliness and reasonable prices are the primary drivers. That said, and while we were quite adaptable, the itteh-bitteh-even-for-a-kitteh room was just too damn small. I’ll do an inventory of furniture bruises later.

We’ll be in Glasgow until Friday. The hotel we got supposedly has a king bed, which is positively luxurious over here! Still haven’t decided where we’re going after Glasgow. Recommendations from London bartenders have leaned towards Manchester. Maybe we’ll hear differently from folks in Glasgow. We’ll be day-tripping once to Edinburgh.