Continuing in the same venue

[wiseheart]

Mum's friend decided not to come, after all, because it was raining. Not very much, but enough for an old lady to be bothered by the need of carrying an umbrella and getting on the tram with it and stuff. So she cancelled her visit at 9 am. Mum was a bit disappointed, but understanding. Not everyone has a live-in daughter who escorts them everywhere they need to go. So, we'll be eating well for at least two days. She planned a lovely lunch (which is the main meal over here) and worked hard on it. Usually, we don't bother so much with elaborate cooking.

I went to the travel agency in the morning - only to learn that they no longer book rooms for individual persons. So I'll have to try my luck via internet, which terrifies me every time. Drat. Service isn't what it used to be eve a few years ago.

I also bought another box of cereals for the baby album cover, and some more pale pink carton, as I realized that the one I bought (and wasted) yesterday was too light-weight for my purposes anyway. Today's acquirement has the opposite problem: it broke a bit when I bent it, but at least the cover is done now, with most of the embellishments finished. The really hard part will be sewing in the dratted pages - I'm already living in terror of it. I won't be doing this for the first time, but it's the first time journal ended up so thick and so richly decorated, and I'm afraid the paper will tear where I sew it in. Gah!

Other than that, not much happened. Posted the new chapter of Kansas 2 to AO3, fell asleep in front of the telly as usual... It's still raining, but the balcony seems to resist for the time being - let's hope it lasts. *fingers crossed*

Comments

[meathiel]

Huh? Why are they not booking rooms for individual persons anymore? I have to admit I haven't really been to a travel agency for a long time so I don't know if they'd still do it here. Last time I asked for a room in London was some years ago ... and I ended up booking via the internet in the end.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I've successfully booked rooms via internet for St. Pölten (repeatedly) and Krems a. D., but those were private establishments. You could simply go to their website, fill out the booking formular and it was done. But these hotels I tried for Vienna are parts of big hotel chains (Ibis, for starters), and I always got to some central page and was afraid that I'd book something I didn't actually want.