Melbourne, Victoria: The upgrade parade continues, Part XIV

The frequency with which we get upgraded has actually become comical. We checked into the Westin Melbourne early this afternoon and the desk clerk said, “I’m upgrading you to a suite.”

We thanked her and then she said, “There’s a lot of construction going on downtown, and it can get very noisy, so I put you on the quiet side of the hotel overlooking St Paul’s Cathedral.”

Indeed it does overlook that stunning structure.

We were a bit tired after driving a couple hundred miles from Bright to Melbourne this morning, so we went out and grabbed a quick lunch, then returned to our suite for a brief rest.

There was a knock on the door even before we could get our shoes off. When I answered, a young woman from room service was standing in the hallway and she said, “A gift from the hotel.”

She brought in a bottle of champagne on ice and a nice note from the desk clerk.

Unlike all our other unexpected upgrades, we think we know why we were upgraded this time. The desk clerk was a lovely young woman who was born and raised in Longview, Texas, a small town about two hours east of McKinney.

Shit, howdy, y’all.