Pillow Service

Our hotel in Milano was the nicest hotel I have ever stayed in. Nice automatically must mean complicated because it took us a while to figure out how things worked ... laugh if you want, but I'm not accustomed to such places. At least I'm learning now.... For example, the lights only worked if a key was put in a key sensor near the door; it took us a good 15 minutes to figure this out. The windows and window shades were automatic!!! There were buttons beside each bed for controlling the windows in addition to a remote control. Imagine! Our room had a bedroom which connected to the living room. There was also a little kitchette and an elevated garbage can without a bottom - I don't know if the garbage can thing was intentional, but it made me laugh. The bathroom was HUGE complete with a toilet, a bidet, marble sink, and a rather large tub. For the price, I decided to enjoy it.

There was a pamphlet beside my bed about the hotel's pillow service. In addition to the provided pillows, one could order special pillows such as a memory form pillow, a body pillow, a hypoallergenic pillow, a pillow filled with wheat, one for around the neck, a super large feather pillow, etc. I discovered a large feather pillow in the closet but I wasn't satisfied. Therefore I went to the front desk to order pillows. A rather shady front desk employee informed me that additional pillows could not be brought to the room because housekeeping was not in. Who ever heard of housekeeping not being in the hotel? Absurd. The shady fellow told me that if I asked in the morning, something could be arranged. Hmph! I was too tired to get my way and so retreated back to the hotel room. I am happy to inform you all that I did sleep wonderfully with the feather pillow that night. My host pillow (at the french host mother's apartment) is a wide, flat pillow that I usually ball up to sleep on. Those of you who have seen my Pennsylvania apartment (or know me well) know that I love pillows ... I regularly sleep with about 8 of them! I digress. The next morning, after eating at the largest breakfast buffet I have ever seen, I inquired about pillows. I asked for two wheat-filled neck pillows to be brought up. Sadly, at the end of the day, there was only one wheat-filled neck pillow awaiting us. I have Nicole first dibs - she tired it and declared it odd. I seized the opportunity for a new pillow experience and promptly utilized the new-fangled pillow. Just imagine this crazy yoho with a pillow around her neck, a feather pillow to snuggle with and a regular pillow for the feet! It was truly bliss.

Olympic adventures to come ... Cheers!

P.S. The hotel also had bubble bath solution!!! I hadn't taken a bubble bath in years. It was so much fun. Plus I could basically swim in this tub, so all the better for me! The only thing I needed was a rubber ducky.