away 27 June 2009
i get to see a lot of hotel rooms. i am also a person who quite likes staying somewhere that someone else cleans etc, though i don’t relish in and out in one day stuff…which is pretty much what i am doing tonight in Edinburgh – have to get out of Dodge early so am poised to get to waverley EARLY. this place has 4 stars but some quirks (service all over the place) including someone being overhandy with the shake’n‘vac or whatever passes for that now. AND it’s been a long time since i actually stayed in a ‘single’ room and, yes, there is just one SINGLE bed in here – i am of a vintage now that loves a double all to myself (nice to share too, mind you, but not ce soir, mes amis) so tonight i will feel a tad cramped i should think. now, i have stayed in rooms with 2 doubles, say, and the choosing of one over the other is awfully guiltridden (no puns intended there, though i’ll not correct the word either…). and there was the time on the TAMING OF THE SHREW tour last year when we fetched up in Longford (NW ireland) and i was afforded a big room (a treat by way of perceived status, perhaps???) but the trouble was it was just big, no character AT ALL, and had 3 SINGLE beds to choose from – a lose-lose situation as i was the only gal in the dorm and i don’t enjoy sleeping in a single bed anymore, alone or not – i didn’t like that AT ALL…
