donforrester1947 posted: " The upside to an AirBNB is the cost. Hotel rooms in Washington are 2 1/2 times more expensive than they were two years ago and that was using Priceline. I suspect those days are gone. I was disappointed that the AirBNB that I used the last t" Carpe Diem
The upside to an AirBNB is the cost. Hotel rooms in Washington are 2 1/2 times more expensive than they were two years ago and that was using Priceline. I suspect those days are gone.
I was disappointed that the AirBNB that I used the last time I was in DC was not available for this trip. It was more of an office building kind of environment and the two-room suite on the second floor had great windows. I am a fan of light.
I guess it comes back to supply and demand. This time, it looked as though another basement was in the running, but the pictures of the inside looked great and the shower was nice and modern. How could I go wrong?
Actually, I didn't, but I didn't know that until I spent the night. My first glimpse of the bed gave me concern. It is very low to the floor. How could it possibly be comfortable?
In terms of creature comforts, the folded blanket on the bed on top of the bedspread looked out of place. Yesterday was a long day and I was ready for bed by 10:00 p.m. The bed was a lot more comfortable than I anticipated.
What I didn't anticipate is how dark it would be with the lights off. I guess you can always count on that in a basement-like venue. Don't misunderstand what I'm saying. I'm not suggesting that I'm afraid of the dark. I will be transparent enough to acknowledge that I'm afraid of snakes, but the dark doesn't bother me unless I trip over something I didn't see or walk into a wall. And for the record, I've done both.
Thankfully, I am upright and rested this morning. Actually, I only awakened one time before the alarm went off this morning. I awakened in the middle of the night because I was cold. The cold was an aha moment for me. I remembered the blanket I set aside at the end of the bed. It obviously had been there because there was a need for it.
What a difference an unsightly blanket can make on a cold night! It only took me seconds to fall back to sleep, but I thought about the scores of homeless people who are foreign to the concept of being warm and comfortable on a cold night.
At any rate, it is now 32 degrees in D.C. and I have a coat and gloves to negotiate the morning. I'll soon be off and running and grateful for the good night's sleep I experienced.
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