If you have been following my travels this year, you will know that I can't have DOWN products because I'm allergic (not to mention it is dead duck, but that's another story)! I always get lost at least once per trip, because I'm directionally challenged!! And there is ALWAYS a food story!!
And this trip is NOOOO Different!
THE PILLOW STORY:
- Call in advance and say "please make sure my room doesn't have any DOWN pillows or blankets" they say "Of course, I'll put a note right now"
- Arrive for check in and they say "you are allergic to down, right?" I nod, and they call house keeping... "Please be sure her room has NO Down pillows or Blankets" (I actually hear this conversation)
- Get up to my room, and guess what.... 8 big fluffy down pillows.... And I'm not talking a little feathery, I'm talking, feathers falling out of the pillows kind of Down.. *sigh*
- Remove pillows from bed and decide I'm not going to complain. I'll just sleep with out pillows.
- OK, Scratch that... I want pillows.... So on my way out for dinner, I asked for some non-down pillows...
THE SHUTTLE STORY:
- Ask at the front desk for directions to our meeting
- Front desk says... Oh, that is too far to walk! Go ask the Valet to drive you
- Walk outside... No Valet Guy
- Back inside.... ask for walking directions since Valet guy isn't there
- She calls Valet guy, still not there...
- We wait outside again... Valet guy appears and says "get in van, I drive you"
- ummm? but there are cars in the way, he can't get out...
- We sit in the van while he moves cars
- (yes by now we could have walked)
- Drives us to the building... We tip the nice Valet guy, he leaves...
- We walk in the building and the security guard says "Sorry, wrong building" you need to walk about 4 blocks that way
- And so we WALK!
THE FOOD STORY:
- Last week I saw the agenda and there was a link to the restaurant we would be eating at.
- Check out link and see Veggie Fajitas on the menu (I've been looking forward to these ever since)
- Arrive at restaurant tonight to find out, our only food option is Mexican Buffet. NO MENUS!
- The buffet consisted of the following: Beans, rice, tortillas, steak, chicken, sour cream, guaco, salsa and cheese! That was it!
- I fix my self a plate of rice and beans, with a sad "Gulp" in my tummy that had been craving those fajitas... when it dawned on me, the beans may not be Veg!
- Ask the waiter.... Nope they aren't Veg... But he will bring me some that are... and while at it, he brought me the best plate of Grilled Vegetables I've ever had.
- In the end, I got my Veggie Fajita and MAN WAS IT TASTY!!!