A Room with a View

This story starts somewhere far…far away from this gorgeous hotel room in Paris. This story actually starts at a train station, high up in the Swiss mountains. You must be wondering how this hotel room and the train station are related. Well…let me tell you a little tale about how we turned the worst part of our trip into an experience that I will never forget! It was our final day in Switzerland and we spent the day hiking the Bernese Alps. We were waiting for our train to take us back down to the valley floor when I realized that I hadn’t heard from our Air B&B host in Paris. He told me months prior when I booked that he would provide me with information about the key a few days prior to our arrival. In that moment I decided to commit a deadly sin, one that all travelers will warn you about…I turned on my data plan lol. I was amazed that I got a signal and then…I saw it. “I regret to inform you that I will no longer be able to host you this week…” time stamped 2 hours prior. My heart absolutely shattered! We were leaving on a train for Paris in the morning and we had no place to go when we arrived. If this was any other stop on our Europe trip, I think I would have been a little more level-headed about the whole thing, but this was PARIS! The city that means so much to me…the place that I dream about all year long! I couldn’t believe that this was happening. After about 30 minutes of self-loathing and cursing the host in my head, I realized that we had to roll with the punches. I wasn’t going to let this little disruption ruin my Paris experience. When we arrived back at our hotel on the valley floor, we got straight to work looking for a hotel that would take us with less than 24 hours notice. This proved to be a difficult task as we found out that the European Cup (Soccer) was in town and people from all over the world would be staying in the city at the same time. Finally, we found Hotel La Comtesse. It was a beautiful brand new hotel located just a few blocks away from the Eiffel Tower. We decided that we were going to do this right and opted for a room with a view! I always wanted to stay at a hotel in Paris with a view of the Eiffel Tower, but I could never justify it in my head. This time I said, “I’m going for it!” It was the best decision we ever made. The room itself was gorgeous, the staff was delightful and personal and it was absolutely amazing to fall asleep each night seeing the glow of the Eiffel Tower through the window. It’s the age-old saying: When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade…and sometimes it’s the best damn lemonade you have ever tasted! As always sweet dreams until sunbeams find you!

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