Where I live..

Since I've been telling you about all of the places I've visited, maybe I'll tell/show you the hotel where I live. Hotel Aricia sits off of the street at the bottom of a little hill surrounded by huge trees and green shrubs. It is always shaded, so it is usually cold inside all day from the chill at night.
The lobby has white leather couches (I know... sooo 80's) and peach floral wall paper from mid-wall to the floor.
I've learned one thing about Italy, and that is that ANYTHING goes. Anything. I've seen women wearing sweat pants and a blazer...
The people who are at the front desk are usually friendly and greet us with "Ciao!" Some of them have learned our names. When we leave the hotel, we leave our key at the desk, so when we come in, they have to give it back to us.
We all live on the first floor, which is nice since the elevator is tempermental. Margaret, Kellie, and I share a room, and our beds are so close that we could hold hands while we slept. We LOVE our room and it has begun to feel like home.
Our bathroom is tiny, you have to close the doors in the shower before you turn on the water, otherwise water would spray all over the entire bathroom. The towels here are amazing, they are like a thin waffle material and you wouldn't think they would dry you off, but they do!
We do have a bodet, which is great for doing laundry. On the top floor of the hotel, there is a washing machine for us to use, but here in Italy, they don't use dryers.
My clothes look so much prettier and fresh hanging from the clothes line on the roof of the hotel with the view of the city and the sea behind them.

If you would like to write. .. my address is:

Anna Bailey
Hotel Villa Aricia
Via Appia Nuova KM 26,200
00040 Ariccia (RM) Italy

Ciao!