More hotels...

So one of my goals from the big four "o" day was to try and keep in shape.

I'm not chubby, but worry about my weight. So I did some little things a few years ago and they helped. I gave up drinking soft drinks (a.k.a. sodas/pops) especially here in the US. The "free refils" concept is great until you realise it's probably adding load of sugar to your diet!

Secondly when I stay at hotels (which I do quite a lot) I always use the stairs instead of the lift (elevators). This is sometimes challenge since sometime the stairs do not exit into the hotel, since they are only intended as a fire escape. The number of times I've found myself going through a door on the ground floor and finding myself round the back end of the hotel near the kitchen and rubbish. Quite often the stairs do not have air conditioning which in the South of the US in summer can be a real pain... Even more disconncerting it the time honoured question "Is the fire door alarmed?", leading to the question "Will I set off the fire alarms?" On the way up it' sometimes a challenge too since you never know whether the doors onto each floor will be one way or two way.

So many issues and all I'm trying to do is get a little exercise. The situation was exemplified by this week's stay in the Boston area. This time the stairs dumped you round the back end of the hotel. So the only way to work it was to go the floor above the lobby and take the lift down one floor! Luckily I was quite high up in the building so I did get some exercise.

Have a nice day!