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Monday, April 1, 2013

Barcelona - The Mirror hotel

Supersonic travel hasn't returned yet   but there are times when I feel it has. 

Sitting in our hotel in Barcelona, resting weary feet, Bill exclaims, "Will you look at that!"  Not only is it a double rainbow  but a complete one with deep  rich colors.   Rushing to unpack my camera, I almost get catch all of it on film  before it disappears.



That was looking outside the hotel and if the weather was better you could see the meditteranean right where the rainbow ended.  Instead,  time to look inside the hotel. Opened two years ago it's new and white and full of surprises with angels to guard you.  

The Mirror hotel practises a  fully sustainable  management, prefering a paperless environment, hires 90% of it's staff from surrounding areas and uses produce and wine from local producers 
The White Angels of the Mirror  are designed by a German sculpture from Berlin - who moved to Barcelons in 2003.

 Don't look for your room number on the door as you won't find it. Instead it is lit and sunken into the floor beside your door.
A profile of a white angel in our room - being the only form of artwork in the room 
  The door to our bathroom.
White laminate floors and walls with about half the walls being mirrors don't allow for bad hair days

As if a flat screen TV opposite the commode isn't enough options of the three TV's in our room,  there is also a reading light should you prefer that form of pastime during morning ablutions.   
...and a two star Michelin restaurant  renown for it's amazing fish dishes . Closed Sundays and Mondays. This is a great hotel for the budget conscious jet-setter.  Yes, that's me.
  

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