The Journey to Pau: The Hotel

The hotel I was to call home for the next 5 weeks was chosen for me by the company I was to work for. I viewed it on the internet and from what I saw led me to believe I was to stay in a place surrounded by trees on the edge of a small town. Not far from amenities and a pleasant morning walk to work. Well can’t pictures be deceiving.

The hotel is located at the intersection of 3 major dual carriageways. Two of them have to be walked across to reach the edge of an industrial estate of which I have to walk through to get to work in the morning. The local village is about 2 km away and to get there I have to cross one of the major roads and then walk alongside the other for the rest of the way.

But the hotel is clean, the staff are friendly and the food is good. I have not tried the bar yet and it only seems to have one beer pump and I doubt if that gets much use. Now all other hoteliers take note, they have free wi-fi, it is secure and you have to get the code from reception but it is FREE. I can listen to the radio and watch BBC programmes through it.

Asking for the wi-fi code brought back memories of a couple of my local pubs clientele because they do not pronounce wi-fi as “why phi” as they do in the UK but as “wiffy”. But it works and works well. All in all only the location of the place lets it down but it is close to work and that is why I am here after all.