Entering through these reasonably ‘normal’ looking doors of the Urania – pronounced oo-RAY-ne-yah – of this theatre / cinema, one has no idea they are actually a time machine, transplanting one back to the late nineteenth century…
…even the previews were of old movies, and of theatrical productions…
Oh, and the movie I saw was “The Shape of Water” – an astonishingly crafted piece of work!
I headed back to my lovely hotel, and was greeted by each of the staff, and even the musicians all nodded hello to me – I felt like a celebrity!
…and then discovered that the maitre’d (who reminds me of Carson in ‘Downton Abbey’) had organised the staff to move furniture for me – seriously! He had noticed that I was never truly comfortable on the chairs – and the tables with sofas were all set for multiple people. So, he arranged for a table for one to be set at a sofa – just for me!
…and in the elevator going up to my room, there was a man in the elevator with a bunch of roses – and he gave me one! He said very shyly, “your smile deserves a rose”.
I kissed him on the cheek as I exited the elevator and he blushed a bright red…
What a delightful day!
~ Bella
PS: It is Sunday as I am finishing and uploading this post, and after a big day yesterday, I decided to stay in and read, watch some documentaries on my laptop… and so ordered room service.
The man on the other end took my order and then said, “do you have any sparkling water in your room?” – turns out, they all now know I love to have sparkling water with dinner..!
“No, I don’t,” I replied laughing. “I will send you some,” responded the man on the other end of the phone.
Did I mention I love it here? 🙂
PPS: When the lovely waiter brought my lunch, he asked if I was going to be down in the restaurant later this evening. I said I wasn’t sure, and he replied that the maitre’d had asked him to inquire so that they could make sure they reserved “my table” for me…
Needless to say, I will be going downstairs later…
Bliss!
