A teeny-tiny irritation

I hate shower gel. I mean, I don't mind being in the same room with it, or even in the same shower with it. I just don't like having to use it. You pick up a bar of soap and you can use it all over your body until everything is clean. With shower gel, it's pump pump, one arm, pump, pump the other arm pump pump pump pump chestal area, and don't get me started on the rest of it. It takes twice as long to wash yourself.

And our bathroom, which is remarkably well furnished considering it's about the size of a closet, has 2 shower caps and 2 vanity kits but no bars of soap. I understand the environmental blah blah and I'm fine to pump my shampoo (at home, I have not used a bought bottle of shampoo in 6 months as I exhaust my collection of partially used little bottles) but the gel is just one step too far. There's one other thing about the shower that's odd. Can you see it?

I've never seen a soap dish that high. If I leaned against the wall the top of my head would be touching the bottom lip of it. Maybe that's why they don't have soap, because people complained they couldn't reach the soap dish. There's another one around ankle level in case you're taking a bath (as if).

So I've asked housekeeping for a bar of soap, and we'll see what happens. I'll keep you posted.

This is a very nice hotel, but the whole place feels cramped. The lobby is tiny, the elevators are tiny and the rooms (at least out room) are tiny. I'll take some pictures of it after it's made up. The fitness center is a 10 by 12 room with five machines facing a wall. They're nice machines, but just a tad claustrophobic.

More on this later.