Do you see the yellow building reflected in the glass building on the left side of the image? Well, if this were CSI, they would zoom in, enhance the image, and you'd see me standing there on the 9th floor taking this picture. That's my building :).
Bob and I have been adjusting nicely to the area surrounding our apartment. In fact, we've got it down so well, that we'll probably attempt to venture out of the CBD today - there's just no more exploring left for us in the CBD. If you click on our location below, or google maps 120 Mary Street in Brisbane, you'll see we're staying in a bend of the Brisbane River. It's a tiny area that contains all of Brisbane's most important industries - all government buildings, and lots of skyscrapers with corporations, law firms and energy companies. That's Brisbane's CBD - Central Business District. But, you'll see, the entire lower one-third of the peninsula is green. They've built an incredible garden there on 50 acres of the CBD that rivals Central Park. Seeing as how I haven't spent any appreciable amount of time in Central Park, and none of you have ever been to Brisbane's Botanic Gardens, we'll just have to agree to disagree about that one.
I tried my hardest to find a spider the size of my leg that could kill me with a glance, but instead I found only very gentle and beautiful lizards, birds, and even a turtle swimming calmly in the pond. The lizard even allowed Bob to poke it with his umbrella. My threatening view of the wildlife in Australia may have been a bit exaggerated.
Well, I'm off to plot my revenge on the maids. When we arrived Monday, I found two plush and comfortable towels folded in a beautiful wave pattern on the end of my bed - an entire twenty feet and a full room away from the bathroom. After using them for my first shower, I hung them conveniently on the rack within arm's reach of the shower for easy grabbing. However, at about 11 am on Tuesday, two maids arrived posing as sweet old grandmothers. I was confused to find she had snatched my towels off the rack, and replaced them with two new ones in the bedroom. After reviewing the applicable law contained in the sign in the bathroom, which clearly states "At Quest Serviced Apartments we care for the environment. If you are happy to use your towel again please leave it on the rack. If you require a fresh towel, please leave towels in the bath or shower," I again left the towels on the rack after my shower on Wednesday. I was shocked later that day to discover her determination to undermine my wish to conserve water. She left me the towels on the rack, but in a direct slap in the face, left two additional, completely superfluous, freshly laundered and painstakingly folded towels again in the bedroom. I spoke with her and asked her how I could indicate to her when I don't require new towels. She said, "just place the 'Do Not Disturb' sign on your front door." So, after my shower on Thursday, I again hung my towels on the rack and left the 'Do Not Disturb' sign on the front door. After our day in the park, we returned to find that the meddlesome old fraud had not only removed the towels from the rack and the superfluous towels from the bedroom, but replaced them with new towels in the bedroom and STOLEN my 'Do Not Disturb' sign! And it doesn't stop there. Every day, if I've used even a drop of the lotion, soap or shampoo that is provided by the hotel, they replace it with a new one. And they'll run the dishwasher even if there's only 1 fork in it. What a waste! Yesterday, as she was probably burning my 'Do Not Disturb' sign and dancing on its ashes, she placed a brand new set of soap, lotion and shampoo right next to my set from the previous day, even though I'd only used a drop of the lotion. Not sure what my next move will be, seeing as how she's destroyed my trump card. Touché for now, old lady, touché.
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