locked in

have you ever been locked in a hotel? and i don't mean inside your actual hotel room or bathroom. i mean locked in the friggin lobby. 

no? 

well after tonight i can officially say that i have... exactly. how in the hell does that happen?

with it being our first night in florence, my cousin, my friend and i wanted to go out. 

now i find florence pretty walkable. and you don't usually run into trouble. (although i did witness someone stealing tonight! never before have i seen someone saw the lock and chain off a bicycle. i thought it would make for a cool photo opp titled, "caught in the act"... good huh? but then i didn't want to be chased down the street by someone holding a saw and riding their newly claimed bicycle. plus i was not wearing the right footwear to run). 

anyways...

we came down to the lobby and the front deskman was not there. now in most europe hotels you leave your key. so we waited a bit, cuz usually they're not too far around. then after a minute of standing we decided to take off. 

however, the lobby doors were locked. it's one of those glass sliding doors. sometimes i hate them cuz they don't always open. but they were fully locked. my cousin tried to pry them open, but that would have ended in disaster with bloody glass hands and an extra cost to our hotel bill. no spanx. 

so we sat patiently and waited... and waited... and waited some more. sat there for 15 min!

then we finally heard someone down the hall... but it was just another couple. so they sat and waited with us... and waited... and waited... and waited some more. now more than 20min!

it was one of those moments where you go okay 5 more min... okay another 5 min... cuz you know the moment you decide to leave, he'll come.  

so we gave it another 5 min and then said okay screw it let's go back to our room. then just as expected when we got up and turned the corner, the front deskman came. so then it was one of those moments where you go okay, now what? should we go back up or stick to our original plan? 

florence by night. 

we ended up taking a little walk. initial plan was to go to this pub my friend and i went to last time we were here, but we figured we probably got locked in for a reason. so we decided it better if we didn't go. 

though one good thing came of tonight... 
i found another ovs store! yay! 
jacket hunt to be continued. 

i'm telling you i will find this coat!