Let us not stay at the Garden Hotel

Hello My Friends,

I decided to let this be my first post from Italy. I enjoyed a rather long drive from Rome to the Tuscan city of Siena. It took about 5 hours in all, including stopping for mass in Assisi (well, Dad went to mass) and lunch. We made it finally to our hotel, the Garden Hotel. It looked lovely and could hardly wait to get my tush out of the car and into a big glass of wine.

We were told at the front desk that "there is a problem" and they moved us to another hotel on the other side of town. After an HOUR of trying to navigate a poor map to given to us by the hotel, and circling the city (no joke) we ended up back at the hotel. My father was furious and told them that they literally had to take us to the hotel. I was about to have an anurism and felt that it was best not to open my mouth for fear of teaching them some interesting explictives in English.

The hotel manager wanted to know exactly what was wrong with the map and finally got us a hotel and transportation to the right hotel.

I was very disappointed because I (a) made these reservations SIX months in advance and (b) confirmed the week before. So much for hospitality at the Garden Hotel.

Just for your info, the people at the Jolly Hotel have been fantastic! Stay there instead.