Thursday, June 10, 2004

Cough! Hack!

Have you ever stayed at a hotel and when you check in they tell you they're sorry but they only have smoking rooms available? But then you go to the room and realise you can't even tell it's a smoking room? Well, that wasn't the case here. My room smells like they clean all the hotel ashtrays by bringing them to my room and using the curtains, carpet, and bedspread to wipe them out. There's nothing like staying somewhere less than 24 hours and everything you brought smells like it's been in a Parisian cafe for a week. They've promised I can be moved today, which is good because otherwise I was going to have to arrange for a chest x-ray and fumigation of my suitcase upon return to Switzerland.