Oops, change of plans

This morning I received an e-mail in fragmented English unconfirming our hotel reservation, so we're forced to change our location. Turns out they were already mostly booked because we're going to Paris at the same time as the Paris Air Show a huge event held every other year, and they didn't realize it when they gave me the booking. You think they would have checked that rooms were available before they confirmed the rooms, but no.

The travel agent I'm working with suggested that we move to a bigger (think Hilton) hotel, and I was having none of that nonsense, so I found another one on my own.

The location of our new lodgings are, if anything, better than our last place (we're in the same neighborhood just a couple of minutes walk from the Orsay.

Now for the bad news. The Hotel de Lille is also a small hotel, but it's not what anyone would describe as "boutique". I think we could generously describe our new lodgings in Paris as "basic".

http://www.hotel-paris-lille.com/

The Hotel de Lille is a two star hotel, so we're taking a big step down in Luxury. The rooms are universally described as tiny in various reviews. But you'll have your own bath and it's a place to lay your head while you are in Paris.

The reviews of this place in Trip Advisor are a hoot. They range from "I loved it" to "A creepy smelly dump." One couple is getting a room with twin beds. The good news about that room is that it's bigger than the rooms the rest of you guys are getting. I had to assign someone to that room and picked Mike and Jen, but y'all can work out for yourselves who ultimately ends up in that one.

The good news for me is that this place is saving us a bundle over my last choice.

Oh well--the location is great and it's in Paris, so life is good