One of my pride points as a father is that I have never been afraid to alone on adventures with my children. I have always been willing to pick up a diaper bag and just go! We are enjoying the heck out of ourselves. C1 is at the World Cup for Paintball (you laugh but ESPN televises it) and A and RP and I have been going to Disney each day. Today we wandered all around the magic Kingdom and tomorrow we are going to Animal Kingdom.
The hotel we are in is sort of interesting. It has huge rooms (my room has two king size beds and room to spare). So the rooms fit about a $75 a night hotel. The lobby is extravagant for a hotel like this and would fit a $100 a night hotel (or more). Then the hallways are nasty and would go will with a $25 a night fleabag! So an interesting place. I got it for $50 a night. It is safe and good enough for the boys. The Wife would not be caught dead here. It is a good thing The Wife does not read this blog either or she might drive up here and rescue RP!
The funny thing is that when I traveled for my company I would never have stayed at even a $100 a night hotel. It was always luxury hotels for me! When I vacationed it was always in the same quality of hotel using points. Now that I am not in consulting my tastes are much cheaper. When The Wife is with me I will stay in a nice place but when it is just me and the kids we downscale substantially. When I am adventuring we don't need much of a hotel anyway since we are never there.
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I've never happened on your blog before, but I can see we visit the same places! And, I too LONG to go back to Russia.
I did traveling theatre for years and we stayed in such dives that I've become thoroughly adjusted to very low-class establishments, indeed. One memorable night in Salt Lake City, I noticed an empty whisky bottle between toilet and tub. Somehow the sheets suggested that we lie atop them, but without sheets and blankts it was a bit chilly in the draft - draft? We looked behind the curtains, and found that the window was completly broken out - shards of glass excepted. Since then, I've always tried to aim at something JUST a tad more elegant.
You ARE a brave dad! But any dad who blogs is pretty special, anyway.
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