There is a routine that we've gotten down pretty well now for arriving at a hotel, especially if it's from an airport after a long flight, but following an afternoon of touring. Sometimes we have to drag our luggage from the bus to the hotel lobby, but usually it means that either the hotel is in an area too expensive to house staff, or the hotel can't be reached directly by the bus. But usually they are there with their very enthusiastic personalities. Once in the lobby with our bags, we're given room keys, and told when to meet in the lobby to head for dinner.
In the time we have before dinner, the task is to find, examine, and equip the room. Finding it is easiest, though we're often side-tracked by the elaborate layouts and decorations we find on the way. More and more hotels are displaying the arts of their cultures throughout the building.
But there is no standard for the layouts of the accommodations around the world. Especially where they put the electrical outlets, much less what kind they use. Because we're now in need of re-charging the various mobile and computer devices we've been using all day, we need to be very strategic in plugging them into the wall outlets.
We also need to lay out the bathroom gear, get a sense of what the hotel has provided in the room, and change and freshen up. Sometimes, we also get to turn on the television (after figuring out how to do so), see what happened in the world, and how this culture watches its television.
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