TRAVELS !: The Shana Hotel Experience

We picked the Shana Hotel because the online pictures were super cool and mod. Everything was painted white and there were these big dining and lounging areas with huge arches and neon accent lights. The vibe was very Futuristic Greek. You could see the ocean from the pool deck and open-air dining room. Here is a picture from their website:

And at night:

A giant hill ran through the grounds, so one hotel building was situated several stories above the other. On the night we arrived, we were driven twenty meters up the hill in the hotel golf cart, so that we could check in without breaking a sweat. Then we piled back in to the golf cart (with fancy ice tea!) to be driven the twenty meters downhill to our room.

Lest we fall into the bad habit of sloth, we elected to WALK to the dining room after unpacking and changing.

The humidity here on the coast is like 3454556%, so I broke out the maxi dress and flip flops. Our dinner was lovely. We were the only patrons dining. We had the full attention of a Romanian waiter. More pan-flute covers played as we ate. There were dozens of geckos crawling around on the ceiling, and I got excited to take pictures of them for Aaron.

Ok, our room. This hotel room was COOL. More white, a huge headboard, super amazing bathtub made of black stone, a white pleather couch, strong air conditioning, sliding doors to a balcony with a swing, plenty of room to dance around in, and the hardest bed I have ever sat upon. Sometimes if you are sleeping in someone else’s bed and you realize how uncomfortable it was in the morning when your back is stiff, and other beds you notice when you sit down and it hurts.

This “mattress” had maybe one half millimeter of give.

We stripped the sheets off and lay an extra comforter on the bed, hoping it would provide some noticeable padding.