Waking up for the second time this morning... the first was
more a rude awakening caused by Him not shutting the bathroom door at some
ungodly hour... why are people so enamoured with en suites?... there was a
happy thought; breakfast. Actually it was more modern medication for the
migraine and coffee type thoughts, but we will pretend that all was going
swimmingly shall we? At least the room was mercifully dark
J
Those little ritual needs out of the way the thoughts turned
to breakfast... though His seemed to be more on slave snacks. In fact He took
advantage of the generous sized shower to pound one's arse into submission...
for what felt like hours. Unfettered by the miniscule space ours offers Him, he
took great delight in having a lot more room to move. Most of that movement
seemed to be in an onwards and upwards direction. By the time He came one was
almost at the stage of begging him to stop. In fact afterwards when one said
thank you Master it was with sincerity.
With one small slave's arse out of the way His thoughts
turned to more pressing matters... breakfast and with that goal in mind we
moseyed downstairs. Waiting to be seated in the dining room one had time to
notice that all the commemorative plaques on the walls had been done without
the benefit of a spirit level... which was most unfortunate because whoever had
hung the pictures had used one. It was something of a relief to be shown to our
seats... if only to get away from them.
Now some hotels do fabulous breakfasts... The Sheratons are
usually one of them and in the past the Noosa one was no exception. Until this
morning...
With gusto one tucked into a pile of scrambled eggs, crispy
bacon and some pancakes... all slathered in maple syrup. Well there was gusto
until one bit into the pancakes. Now they were fresh off the hot plate... one
saw them come in and yet they were the texture of leather. Very old, tough
leather might one add. No wonder everyone was eating theirs slathered in ice cream
L
Undaunted one turned to other things...
He was looking for something to drink not being a tea or
coffee drinker, so one did a lap looking for the hot chocolate that is normally
around. Not finding it one asked one of the staff to be informed that it was
available for an extra $5.00. Fine, whatever... He's worth it.
It arrived... served in a hotel tea cup and half of it foam.
It wasn't even good hot chocolate L
Never the less we found enough to keep us fortified for the
morning... the omelettes were excellent as was most of the other items. Though
there were no figs... He was most miffed having developed a taste for them.
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So off we ventured for a little shopping... to find that
there are five types of stores left in Noosa... resort wear (a peculiar type of
clothing only to be found in these areas), tourist/ gift shops (and you would
have to not like someone to get them gifts from some of those), jewellery shops
(you have to accessorise that resort wear), shoe shops (that specialise in
shoes to go with the resort wear) and swimwear shops (you guessed it... to go
under the resort wear). It all made one very glad we had squeezed in a little
shopping on the way up. That was how these found their way into the luggage.
He treated himself to these vile little critters at one of
the gift shops. Only an inch long and with more bite than should be allowed.
They are not going to give one happy holiday memories is one's pick
L
In fact if one had known how bad they were, they might not
have made the trip home at all... they could have easily been lost
Bad, bad slave
Wending our way back to the hotel to pack one commented that
Noosa was in a decline... which is a shame as it is a pretty place with great
walks, beaches, bars and restaurants... it's just struggling to survive in a
lean market that isn't being driven by the tourist dollar.
This was something that was exemplified by our hotel...
You stay in luxury hotels for a reason... to pamper yourself
and we go with that in mind, but let's look at the reality of it all for a
minute...
The rooms were spacious... the halls had a funky damp smell
that came and went in a mysterious manner.
The king bed that is essential for a 6' bloke as the only
other option is twin doubles... an extra $20
Parking was $20 and the valet service was an extra $10
Room service is one of the best reasons to stay in a hotel.
These days on top of the premium price of the food, a steak runs to just under
$40 (an average steak in a restaurant is $25), they now add a service fee of $8
for delivering it to the room.
Water was $9 a bottle
There is a lovely TV. It doesn't play anything other than
movies... at $15 a pop or $20 for adult (read very tame adult too).
Internet connection... you guessed it $15 a day for
connectivity
Local calls.... $2 a minute (local calls are not timed here
and cost about .30 cents)
Somewhere along the line all the little luxuries have attracted
add on fees and many of the traditional services you can get around with modern
electronics. The trouble is that the hotel industry may be aware of its customers'
needs; it just doesn't know how to not make you feel a little gouged or worse smile
at its attempts to do so.
As they chirped at us we hope you enjoyed your stay one
couldn't help but think well we did, but there aren't too many reasons to come
back any time soon... unless you like wearing resort wear and dining out. And
why would you go all that way to eat?
So we wended our way home, stopping for a few groceries
before pulling up in the garage to be greeted by the cat... well it lifted an
eyebrow enough to see who was disturbing it. Scampering inside there was that
sense of relief coming home always gives... there is nothing like your own
toilet and the relative safety that a miniscule bathroom provides.
Unfortunately the same couldn't be said for the bedroom where He reamed the
arse one more time before one drifted off in an attempt to give the medication
some more time to work on the migraine... it seems it too has made it back from
the coast intact L