Awoke refreshed after our first full night in a hotel. Although the room took a little bit of getting used to. The hotel is quite old and I think the building might have settled somewhat. The floor had developed a bit of a slope running from one corner. If you exited the bathroom at anything above a slow shuffle, the momentum gained from the step down in the room could take over and send you at an alarming rate into the opposite wall 3 metres away, leaving you crumpled on the floor against the bedside table. Even sleeping was a challenge. When lying down, your feet would slowly creep down the bed towards your head until your entire body is wedged up against the bedhead. To counter this, we tried hooking our feet over the end of the mattress, but as sleep overtook us, eventually we ended up against the headboard again. The only thing to do was to turn around and occasionally push off with our feet to keep in position.
We eagerly set off on our walk and everything went well for a few hours. Then I began to hear a few grumbles, then outright accusations of selfishness. I started getting black looks and people would stop conversations when I approached.
I began to suspect a mutiny might be unfolding
I may have been a little bit creative when informing my family of the distance we needed to cover.
Nevertheless, we made it to the hotel after 6 and a half hours of walking and had hot showers. I don’t know when to break tomorrows distance to them.
I may not sleep tonight.
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