Staycation

For the National Holidays this year it was our first long vacation (a full week off) in China where we didn’t go anywhere. I was 29 weeks pregnant at the time and Danny didn't want to go anywhere that didn't have good medical care just in case. We hung around the house, went out to a few nice meals, and invited some friends over. Danny went into work for a few days of it. Since we weren’t going anywhere Danny thought it would be fun to book a night in a fancy hotel in the middle of the week. We stayed in the Hyatt located in Jin Mao Tower, one of the famous skyscrapers in Shanghai. Most of the time when we travel we stay at cheap places or hostels but now and then we use credit card points to get a fancy hotel. The Hyatt was pretty nice and had an amazing view. I was really excited to go swimming and have a nice bath. Our apartment only has a shower.

The best part of our stay was that they decided to give us a free upgrade. When we got there to check in the room wasn’t ready and we walked around for an hour and had lunch. When we go back it still wasn’t ready. I think mostly because Danny was the only one in line (it was mostly Chinese locals who don’t behave terribly well) that didn’t scream and act like a complete @$$ to the manager, they decided to give us an upgrade to a suite. It didn’t hurt that he pointed out that his pregnant wife was tired and had been waiting two hours (might as well get what you can out of it). The room was pretty amazing. Besides a standard bedroom it had two bathrooms -one with a Jacuzzi, a living room, a study and an amazing view of the city.

I’m still a little bummed we didn’t travel anywhere but it was a nice week off.