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| - I just came back from a mini vacation in Calgary, Canada. My fiance and are very spontaneous; hence, we rarely make extensive plans and hotel reservations before visiting different places.
We do this because we actually like to see where we will be staying, and it makes things a bit more exciting (at least to us). That is, it is exciting when you have a a laptop with internet access to research the different places while you are actually at your vacation destination. This time we did not have our laptop, which made looking for a hotel that much more frustrating.
Luckily, my fiance remembered the reviews for the International Hotel on another website. After driving around for a short while, I finally keyed the International Hotel into my GPS. When we arrived at the hotel, I was not impressed with what I saw, for the lobby looked very old.
The front desk personnel were very friendly, and when I asked if I could possibly see one of their empty rooms, they pleasantly obliged. Boy, I'm really glad that I did request to see a room because you really cannot tell a book by its cover. Meaning that the rooms were renovated and are mini suites.
I immediately booked a room after seeing the nice room, which had a small kitchenette, big dining table with enough chairs for 6 people, lounge/living room area with lounge chairs and a flat screen TV, and a nice king size bedroom with another flat screen TV on the wall. If you enjoy Chinese food, this place is located just a few blocks from Chinatown.
I would recommend this place to anybody who is looking for a really nice clean place to stay in the city of Calgary. Unfortunately, we did not have a lot of time to check out the city itself, but we did venture out to Banff and Lake Louise, which is about 2 hours drive from this hotel.
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