If I had known that Bruce Springsteen concert is in Herning, Denmark tonight, I hadn't bother coming here. I thought I am in good time for hunting a hotel room for tonight, but NO NO NO, I was wrong again. No hotel rooms available here or anywhere near, but a nice lady at the reception of Scandic hotel told me that there is one possibility to find a room and only about 10 minutes drive from here. I thanked her and took a map and headed towards Hammerum.
The hotel was closed when I arrived here and with my limited Danish language skills I understood the sign on the door was telling that the owners are on a holiday wishing everyone lovely summer or something similar, so that was that I thought, but then a nice young man at the parking area told me that he called to the number shown on the door and he had been told that he can get a room and someone is going to come and open the hotel in about 30 minutes time. GREAT news, so I dialled the number and a man told me that yes, they have a single room for tonight at a price of 690 DKK which equals £80!
Well, soon a lady aged between 60 and a coffin spot at graveyard came to the hotel to give the keys and take a payment. She served the other people first (by that time there were 4 people waiting to get a room) and then she asked if I am the English who called her boss? I obviously didn't understand a word but the young man helped me and translated it to me, so I nodded and she asked my credit card and put through 800 DKK! Well I was not very pleased with that and I told her that the man on the phone promised it at 690! In the end I paid 750 DKK =£87 (60 DKK for paying with credit card!). AND the room is without a bathroom, no breakfast included and the tv does not work at all!!!!
Sometimes I do wonder where the hell is the glamour of traveling as my pub friends back at home are always so envious about my job because I can travel like a loony around Europe...
So my question remains: did Bruce Springsteen steal all the hotel rooms and also did he make these Danish people greedier than ever before?
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Oh dear...glamour in travelling??? Naaah, it will never happen mate ;)
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