I stayed Saturday night in the Allesandro Palace Hotel in Rome. I had never stayed in a dorm-style hostel before, and was expecting something along the lines of the bar at Mos Isley spaceport, plus lice.
Now, I'm thinking of switching all of my accomodations to dorm-style. A.P.H. was super-clean, convivial and filled with young, normal-seeming people.
This is a big change rom the other places I've stayed on this trip. I am going to some tiny, tiny towns and godforsaken islands in Italy...places where you have to take a plane, a bus, a ferry, and three more buses, then walk a mile and climb a steep hill with a fifty-pound backpack strapped to you (I am not kidding, this is how I got to Ischia), and when I get to the top of the cliff, panting and covered in dust, there are 20 perfectly-coiffed German grandmas there reapplying their lipstick.
I have no idea how they do it. I now have great respect for the German grandma. But I am still going to stay in more youth hostels with other wimps my age.
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I stayed in the most amazing hostel when i was in London and literally had the best week of my life -- AND the beds were the most comfortable ever, the only bed I have ever encountered that was more comfortable was at the San Fransisco Hilton. Hostels are great if you find the good ones!
My grandmas will be glad to hear that... :-)
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