Gloom with a View
May 11th, 2010“Would you like a high floor?” the front desk clerk politely asked.
“Erm… is that a question” I replied, puzzled by the idea that anyone would prefer the lower option.
After all, I’d chosen this particular hotel in Hong Kong for the sole reason that it offered a rather splendid view down the fragrant harbour towards two of my favourite charges. The International Finance Centre by Pelli Clarke Pelli in Central and across in Kowloon, Kohn Pedersen Fox’s International Commerce Centre.
Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t quite what I had hoped but rather mundanely, more what I had expected. Still, a little ray of sunshine managed to creep down along the waterfront, shifting the tones in my favour on an otherwise gloomy outlook.