It’s 9pm Friday night and I’m back in the hotel – but I escaped and wandered the world at large for the last 4 hours! I’ve been on the loose since 4:30pm. Sshhh… don’t tell anyone.
Well not really on the loose – but in the company of a local whom my manager approved to take myself and 2 others out. Pretty nice of him, so I only met him a bit randomly in the company of another visitor for 30 minutes yesterday. We went 10 pin bowling, had an hour of playing pool (I won all 4 games!) and ate at somewhere which wasn’t attached to the hotel – but it’s the most freedom I’ve had for 3 weeks.
The better news – I’ve got 3 other escapes lined up for the weekend! Sshhh….
Small things!
May 11, 2008 at 1:29 am
I adore your story and remember being in Asia for work and taken out for dinner, which as you say is a treat and beats the hotel. They made a big deal of it and they planned to take me to what they thought would have been my favourite restaurant. Wait for it TGI Fridays – yes attached to one of the western Malls they have one. Much to my disappointment I choose the spiciest thing on the menu.
All I can say is that a sign of a good pool player is a misspent youth or is that uni.
May 14, 2008 at 8:37 am
haha, that’s a fantastic story (Rach’s rather than your’s, but I’m glad you’re getting to escape). I was showing a nigerian dignitary around Antwerp last year and I said “where would you like to go for lunch?” She wanted Pizza Hut with stuffed crust – TGI’s is luxury!