I woke up this morning with absolutely no plans for the day.  Sure, there were a few things I was considering, but I didn’t really have any idea where I would end up.  I had wanted to spend a day exploring Wales (the Chepstow and Tintern areas), but decided I didn’t feel like driving 1.5 hours each way.  The morning was grey and cloudy, so I took my time getting ready and headed over to breakfast around 9:00.  The nice thing about staying in this old manor hotel is that breakfast is included every morning.  Not just a few bagels and toast, but a full, cooked, English style breakfast.  The bad thing about staying in this old manor hotel is that breakfast is included every morning.  To be honest, I’m getting a little tired of the choices.  There are delicious croissants, cereal, fruit, yogurt, etc. on the continental table, but I’m a pretty picky eater and the hot food choices that I will actually eat are pretty limited.  As in eggs or eggs.  I had eggs Benedict the first morning I was here, and will probably have it again tomorrow.  I had just a cold breakfast on the second morning, scrambled eggs yesterday, and cold again today.  On Tuesday when I said I didn’t want anything hot, I overheard the server saying to another waitress, “She doesn’t want a cooked breakfast!”, as though it were scandalous!

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