Formula 1, Reims, France, my introduction to hotels was hardly a statement in luxury nor a suitable billet for a rock star. It was a bunkroom and didn't even have a private bathroom for me. I was allocated a corner under a handbasin!
And to make matters worse my staff got themselves a takeaway meal from a nearby Chinese restaurant and ate it in the room.
At least I had control of the TV.
Como, Italy, was a vast improvement: decent bathroom, comfortable bed and settee, view over the garden. Now we are starting to get the hang of this.
Bari, Italy, and I had to question the direction of things.... big room but separate beds. There was also an ante-room we shared with an adjoining room which had a smokey grey cat with enormous eyes pushing aside the curtains and peering through the glass doors of that room.
We arrived in darkness and had to negotiate a garden, empty swimming pool and steps to a semi-basement level sunken garden for this one. It might have been interesting but I wasn't allowed to explore.
And to make matters worse my staff got themselves a takeaway meal from a nearby Chinese restaurant and ate it in the room.
At least I had control of the TV.
Como, Italy, was a vast improvement: decent bathroom, comfortable bed and settee, view over the garden. Now we are starting to get the hang of this.
Bari, Italy, and I had to question the direction of things.... big room but separate beds. There was also an ante-room we shared with an adjoining room which had a smokey grey cat with enormous eyes pushing aside the curtains and peering through the glass doors of that room.
We arrived in darkness and had to negotiate a garden, empty swimming pool and steps to a semi-basement level sunken garden for this one. It might have been interesting but I wasn't allowed to explore.
Since then it has been AirBnB and ART hotels. I have decided that I have a definite preference for white linen and sunlit balconies.
And I insist on inspecting the space outside that door: stairs lifts, reception. My secretary has been instructed to compile my reviews.
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