Wednesday, December 3, 2008

The Parker, Palm Springs

our wing of the hotel
petanque - Mummy won!
aah the pool

A truly amazing hotel. This place would normally be too expensive but we had booked somewhere else with Expedia and then as we were setting off, Expedia called to say they had overbooked and would the Parker be ok? Hurrah! And luckily they allowed children which many hotels here do not, as it is a stylish town where you can relax and spend money on fine dining and fine antiques. We found a good place for breakfast 'Koffi' which we decided was like Balans in London. The Parker's breakfast looked devine but then $20 on waffles for the urchins? nah.

It was a superb 84 degrees on Saturday reaching 91 on Sunday.....particularly lovely as it is getting chilly in Santa Monica (63). We did go on the aerial tram to see the snow in the dark. Not quite to plan, but then we had not counted on the hour wait to get on the tram. We were on the 5pm trip and the sun sets at 4.50pm. We were also not really dressed for the snow...

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