Murphy’s law strikes again!

Posted by: fracas on October 15 @ 11:07 pm

Yes, what can go wrong will go wrong! We were suppose to leave early in the morning. But one of our appointments got cancelled for today so we are left with only two (I know I’m being somewhat secretive about these appointments but it shall be disclosed soon). In any case we left later in the afternoon. The journey was not too bad although we hit a few traffic jams along the way. As we were approaching our destination called Ennery, some 35 km outside of Paris we started to have some doubts as to what kind of hotel this really was, as the terrain turned into an industrial landscape. It took us a good half an hour before we finally found it. The road was winding and some obscure houses and businesses could be found scattered along the way. When we finally arrived the court yard was completely empty. Not one car, not one hotel room being lit up. Strange we thought for being only 8 in the evening. Reinout and I circled around the building which was imposing but had a somewhat menacing aura to it. The door was locked and the code I had been given didn’t work. There was no door bell to be found either. Reinout and looked at each other, and one look said enough. This was not the welcome we had expected.
My husband was annoyed, Buddy was restless and I was hungry. So in the end we checked into a Novotel. Not exactly the 5 star experience we had expected, but at least you know what you are getting.