Re: strategies for hotel room sleeping with toddler

Derek wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 21 Dec 2002 08:58:50 -0500, The Wests
> <westmail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >Also if you are in your hotel room before 7:30 pm, you will never eat
> >with Italians! They tend to eat much later. Go with the flow. Have a
> >rest during the day, choose casual family restaurants for dinner, be
> >prepared for one of you to carry your girl outside if she gets really
> >fussy.
> >
> 
> IME  in most Italian restaurants the owner / Maitre "D" will take up a
> fractious kid and walk around the kitchen/terrace to distract it.

I've never seen that happen, although I have seen plenty of fractious
kids. I usually wish someone would take them up and do something with
them.

Barbara