My hotel room had a balcony overlooking the Prado and Parque Central. Which is great for the view and people and traffic watching, but not so good if you want to get some sleep, two reasons, noise and the smell of petrol or diesel wafting into the room, either through the shuttered and curtained windows or via the air conditioning unit. Woke up late so missed the tour that I had booked to go on. Still had breakfast though, usual buffet, fruit, cereal, orange juice, bread, but also had some stuff that looked like pasta, and also food you migh have for afternoon tea, little cakes ... Managed to reschedule city tour for the afternoon, at no extra cost, and only a little wait for the travel agent lady with a desk in the hotel to
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