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Why didn’t we stay with relatives when we visited them? Simple, a lack of space (not everybody has spare rooms waiting for visitors), and they had a young one who was dictating their hours and lack of sleep. We gladly gave them space and I chose a straight-forward hotel for our stay, a Hampton Inn in San Jose.
We returned to the same hotel that we stayed for one night back in December 2022, this time Little Miss wasn’t under the weather so we were both able to enjoy the hotel.
We left late afternoon to drive to Berlin. Being Easter Monday, traffic was okay, and we didn’t have any delays. We arrived in the city as the sunlight was fading, headed to the middle of the city and easily found our hotel for the week.
We stayed one night in Rotterdam before heading to visit family for Easter. The short train ride had us avoiding the extremely high hotel costs in Amsterdam. Considering we didn’t have plans to visit anything in Amsterdam for the day, it was a chance to sample another spot in the Netherlands.
There is no shortage of hotel options in Manhattan, unfortunately that’s before you apply any budget filter. My selection was influenced by the fact that I had achieved status with Hilton. Location carries a premium, and at the time of booking somehow the Millennium Hilton New York at One UN Plaza was one of the more affordable options.
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