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Melbourne, Victoria: The upgrade parade continues, Part XIV

February 18, 2018 Jim 3 Comments


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.

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Comments

  1. Cathy Sosa says

    February 18, 2018 at 4:21 pm

    Lucky!

  2. Elizabeth Frommeyer says

    February 19, 2018 at 12:12 am

    I need to travel with you guys! You’re good luck charms!

  3. Ray Sanford says

    February 19, 2018 at 3:39 pm

    Livin’ in tall cotton!

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