We thought it was a conference-oriented hotel; it’s vast with 2 long wings & views to Rome with snow-capped mountains behind. Makes the Toyota office building next door look quite small.
But upon chatting with the girl in the foyer tobacco shop, she informed me that no one was ever there. She thought it was time for her to find a new career choice as she was bored senseless all day with no customers.
We checked in and dropped our bags at the room, though nice, were decoratively-challenging to stomach, what you must get if the decorator was asked to use as many finishes as he could. Great views though, then went downstairs for a mass lunch around banquet rounds served by buffet tables. Moved to the sundeck, another magnificent day of sunshine, and mused as to whether an Albanian reality-show host, that no-one knew (sure, we all know Albanian TV personalities) was about to bound from the bushes and start bouncing between groups of travellers asking ludicrous questions. I digress, wrong pills yesterday obviously.
An afternoon doing work drawings, me, & reading, Mandy, pretty much rounded out the day.
Up early with a call saying we were off today. Breakfast & onto the buses, onto the airport, loved this, the reservation network was down. Took a while but got to the counter to find out that Mandy’s seat, which she’d only reserved in June, was given away. I cringed fearing Vesuvius was about to erupt. So, the manager later, then the hostess on board, removed the interloper; the world resumed normal axis gyration.
Found out we’re going north, over Mongolia & back down over China, so the flight will be a bit longer, who cares!
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