A day of living in luxury

My very good friend, Ellu, came for a one night work trip to London from Saturday to Sunday.

I went to spend the day with her and her lovely work friends!

The day included shopping on Oxford street, sushi from Wasabi, coffee at a lovely semi-organic cafe near Carnaby street, some more shopping, China town, take-away from Go Sushi, pre drinks at the hotel and going out to a bar next to Piccadilly circus.

Ah that cheese cake and chocolate pie piece were tasty. My body should thank me for not being too big of a cafe person in London, even though I really would have wanted to be!

The girls were having a true 'sweet sixteen' experience arranged by their boss.

I was lucky enough to be welcomed to tag along!

Some luxury living at London's most elegant 5 star - the Ritz!

Welcome to peek into a Ritz Junior Suite:

Yes, even a picture of the toilet roll.

Ellu's favorite detail of the hotel room. 'Oh yay we have the coolest bath robes! I will wear this all morning.'

Though the Ritz rooms 'aren't anything that special' (meaning: what do you expect from a hotel room? cute little monkeys, maids and beds that turn into jacuzzis with just one button press? no, it was a room. with the ordinary bed, table, the normals!) what makes it special is the service and details.

For example:

The staff had constant smiles on their faces, were extremely polite and remembered to greet every time. Doors were opened for you, and closed behind. You were called by the name Miss, Mr. or Mrs.

Ellu got the key to the room and she was told that a man would come and pick her up to show her where the room is. Ellu's answer to this: "Thanks. I'll just go on my own." Hahhah! And when we got to the 5th floor where the room was situated, her first words were: "Damn, I'm lost. Now I understand why they offer that service. We should have taken it."

The next thing was that the bags were brought into the room and placed on racks in front of the fire place. There was classical music playing in the room.

In the evening when we came back to the hotel there had been cleaners already for the second time that day. They had arranged the bed ready for 'sleeping mode'. As in taken the day sheet off, put slippers by the bed, brought a water bottle, etc. They had even folded the toilet paper neatly again.

And anything else needed would have been arranged.

So the biggest difference to a 'more normal hotel' was the service.

Surely an experience. We were all wondering if we'll ever see a Ritz class room again in our lives!

Only ones in a party mood were Ellu and me, but luckily we got Ellu's roomie Ellu (too many Ellu's?) convinced and energized to join!

We had a little trouble finding a place where to go out. Having been out just 4 times in London, I wasn't exactly the best bar guide. We ended up at a place right by Piccadilly Circus. I guess it was called On Anon or something? Was OK.

Found ourselves enjoying the 90's room best with great nostalgic hits playing.

And a picture of Finnish band 'Hanoi Rocks' on the wall.

Fun, fun times!

And I can't wait for Ellu to come back for a proper visit in a few weeks! Wohoo!

Anyway, thank you girls for sharing a little moment in luxury.

Now back at my luxury 8m2 room and am actually pretty fine with this room too, though it does need a bit of cleaning. ;-)

Sweet dreams,

Linda xx