Barbara L
Traveling Welcome Wagon
Well, we are now at the most expensive hotel we have ever stayed at, and I love it! We are at the "Marriott, New York at the Brooklyn Bridge." Over $300 a night (not sure of the exact amount, but we thought it might be more), and room service (2 medium pizzas, 2 cheesecakes, vanilla ice cream, 4 Diet Pepsi's, hot tea) came to $105. The pizza is slightly better than some frozen pizzas, not as good as some (James said it was the "best crappy pizza I've ever had." lol He likes it thin so he liked it better than I did). We asked for one chocolate cake with peanut butter icing and butter pecan ice cream, and one cheesecake with cherries and vanilla ice cream. We ended up each getting chocolate cheesecake (chocolate crust, regular cheesecake, then chocolate cake as the top layer) and one vanilla ice cream. It was very good, but they didn't pay much attention! We were the last order of the night. Oh yeah, we also asked for iced tea, with no lemon. We got hot tea with lemon (fortunately on the side). Fortunately, I like hot tea (but could have fixed it in our room anyway). This is our first hotel that has a bellhop and a concierge. The drinks in the Pepsi machine cost $2.75. We also have to pay $12.95 a day for Internet. However, it is a great room in a really beautiful hotel, with a very comfortable bed and a pretty big screen HD TV (but no Nick!). It is something we have only dreamed of (last night we stayed in a $45 Motel 6 with beer caps on the floor and no shampoo--mostly though we have stayed in fairly nice hotels with pretty reasonable prices). Everyone we have met (guys at the curb, bellhop, room service guy) has been SO nice. The bellhop was 19 and the sweetest guy!
Driving through Manhattan was a little scary, but not as bad as it could have been. I wouldn't want to do it during rush hour! We will take a cab to get around.
Other things we have only dreamed of--we drove through the Lincoln Tunnel, across the Brooklyn Bridge, we drove on Broadway, 5th Avenue, through Times Square. James didn't get to see much, as driving through there was pretty hairy.
We hope to see the Statue of Liberty and some other things. We plan to do the "tourist thing," for sure!
There will be some major penny pinching when we get home!
Barbara
P.S. LOL--James is watching "Escape from New York" on TV!
Driving through Manhattan was a little scary, but not as bad as it could have been. I wouldn't want to do it during rush hour! We will take a cab to get around.
Other things we have only dreamed of--we drove through the Lincoln Tunnel, across the Brooklyn Bridge, we drove on Broadway, 5th Avenue, through Times Square. James didn't get to see much, as driving through there was pretty hairy.
We hope to see the Statue of Liberty and some other things. We plan to do the "tourist thing," for sure!
There will be some major penny pinching when we get home!
Barbara
P.S. LOL--James is watching "Escape from New York" on TV!
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