We woke up a little late on Thursday morning, but we packed quickly and checked out of our first hotel, we didn’t like it and while we were out and about yesterday, we found one of the better hotel suites in New York and booked the rest of our stay there. When we checked out, we grabbed some breakfast at a deli that served the best pancakes with real maple syrup.
We when to our new hotel to see if we could check in early, the gentleman at the reception desk took our names and say we’ve been upgraded to a very nice suite!!!! Wow! What a difference it makes moving from a no-star hotel to a five-star. We acted all cool when he told us this, like we’ve experienced excellent service and expect excellent service. He told us that the difference between the suite we booked and the one we were bumped up to is it’s 900 square feet and several thousand a night, but of course we will be paying for the price we originally booked for. We didn’t even look at each other, but we were squeezing each others hands hard! This was truly an amazing hotel. However, we couldn’t check in early, because the room wasn’t quite ready for us. We left our bags with receptions, to be brought up when the room was ready and we headed back outside.
When we thought we were far enough away, we stopped, turned and looked at each other and screamed! We love New York! We decided to do some shopping and visit Bryant Park , then to the Central Library, but the library was surrounded by scaffolding, so we went back to the park. We sat on a bench and people watched and wondered what a 900 sq. ft suite could possibly look like. We couldn’t believe our fortune and we wished we could share our windfall with someone. So, we decided that we’d do our best to make friends with another couple and if we liked them, invite them up to our grand suite!