Day33 - Almelo to Rotterdam - No difference - All samey

Today is going home day or at least, get me to the ferry for the overnight journey home day.  I have to admit that once aboard the ferry it does feel like the pressure is off and I can relax.  However when I get home on Thursday morning I still have two work days left but again no matter how much I know that, once I have arrived home I do feel more relaxed as I am back in familiar surroundings. 

Looking back on my day one thing that amazes me about hotels is that when you arrive it is ultra courtesy all the way, hello sir, oh don’t worry about anything we just want to get you to our room as fast as possible so you can relax and chill.  Anything we can do for you sir.  But when you come to leave the check out is completely a different story.

In every hotel it normally goes as follows.

“Oh good morning sir”.

“Good morning I would like to check out, the name is Robinson, Room 500”.

“Ah yes I have it here, have you taken anything from the mini bar?”

“No”.

“Are you sure?”

“Yes I am sure, I didn’t fancy a tiny winy mini bottle of spirit for 10 euros”.

“There is beer in there as well; you may have taken a beer”.

“Unless it was in my sleep I have not taken a beer”.

“So you sleep walk sir, does that mean you could have taken a beer, shall I charge one to your bill just in case”.

“I didn’t take a beer and I don’t sleep walk, it was a sarcastic joke”.

“Oh I see, I didn’t realise you had a sense of humour, but you really can’t call sarcasm humour can you sir?”

“I do but to be clear, I had no spirit bottles or bottles of beer”.

“Are you sure you didn’t have anything sir, I mean you may have taken a water, they are very nice sir, those cool bottles of water just sat there waiting to be drunk”.

“No I think if I was dying of dehydration and that water was the only thing that would save my life, I would not pay you ten euros for the pleasure of 250ml of tepid water, just on principle”.

“What about the tiny winy mini tube of Pringles we put on your desk, did you eat those?”

“No”

“Are you sure, I mean they are very tempting just sat there”.

“No, again I didn’t want a tiny tube of Pringles for the same price I could buy a box of 24 large tubes in a supermarket”.

“Our research has shown that if we place the Pringles at a 45 degree angle as you are sat at the desk and make sure the label is facing you then you are more likely to dip in”.

“Well I didn’t”.

“We paid 5,000 euros for that research”.

“Money well spent when I come to town then”.

“Did you have breakfast?”

“No i didn’t fancy a slice of toast for 15 euros”

“Hmmm, breakfast really is the way to start the day”.

“Not mine”.

“We do cereal aswell”.

“Can I pay my bill please”.

“OK sir that will be 160 euros for the two nights providing you really didn’t take anything from the mini bar”.

“No I didn’t”.

“Gimme your card then so we can charge charge charge”.

OK it may not be quite like that but almost and when I have walked out of the front doors with suitcase in hand I am normally stood there thinking, they don’t believe that I have not taken anything from the mini bar.

Then it was the one hundred and some miles to get from Almelo to Rotterdam and the ferry, which is a pleasant drive and because it is on my way home it makes me feel even more relaxed.  I arrived about an hour before the time for boarding and so that gave me some time to sit back in the car and relax.  I try not to sleep as I imagine I could still be sleeping there as the ferry is sailing outward to sea.

The evening was spent having a look around the ship but as it is the same one I have travelled four times in two weeks then there was not a great deal of difference.  So after a few attempts at being interested in things like the shop, the entertainment and any random notice board I could see I decided it was time to hit the cabin and as I have downloaded a film for the IPAD I watched that.

So another week of travel is over and with a two week break from travelling through various circumstances it is a nice chance to enjoy some life at home.

So it is a bye for now and I'll be back in a couple of weeks when we start again.