The hotel my boyfriend and I booked for the weekend had huge windows that took up the entire outside wall of each room. When the curtains were open, we could look out on the beautiful park below—and the people in the park could look up into our room. During the day it was nice to see the scenery, but at night, as it got closer to the park’s closing time, Kyle and I became the scenery, which was even better.
Kyle is always looking for new places that allow us to show off, and when he heard about this hotel on one of our favorite travel shows, he immediately booked a room—even though we live less than a mile away. Normally I would have griped about spending so frivolously, but when he showed me an online video clip from the travel show describing the hotel, I couldn’t possibly turn down the chance to stay there. With such gorgeous rooms and the opportunity to play around in full view of so many people, it was worth the expense.
We checked in on Friday night after work and got a feel for the place. The accommodations were definitely worth their five-star rating, and we had a fantastic view of the park, as promised. By the same token, it seemed the park-goers had an equally good view of our room. After dinner, we even took a walk through the park and found our window. We’d left the lights on and hung my green jacket over the back of a chair so we’d be able to easily pick out our window, and when we reached our side of the building, we stopped and looked up. It wasn’t hard to find our room.
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