Post Surgery or Life in a Hotel

Life at the Intercontinental Hotel is not bad. It's a beautiful facility with five restaurants, a lounge, lovely surrounding gardens and plenty of friendly staff. But even Disneyland starts to grow old after awhile. (I'm sure some of you will disagree about Disneyland, but you the idea) After a prolonged stay you begin to see the "cracks" in the shiny veneer. The carpeting from the Reagan administration for instance or the puddle the size of Lake Superior that forms on the bathroom floor every time you take a shower or every TV station being in Spanish. It's the little things. Okay, I realize we are in a Spanish speaking country and that's why the TV is in Spanish. Normally I could care less about the TV but when you are stuck in a room day after day it would be nice to watch something diverting occasionally. The stations we've found in English are CNN, ABC (from Florida) & and several ESPN options. HBO is occasionally in English with Spanish subtitles but then suddenly it will be dubbed!
I shouldn't complain! We both brought books and our tablets. I brought some coloring books & some other arty projects to do. It's like being in a minimum security prison. Like where they sent Bernie Madoff.

Hanging bird's nest 

Our first outing

Lounge
Deck off Lounge