How can I convince you to work for us??

Ohhhh boy. Just when I thought this 'job' couldn't get ANY better... it does. Philippe, my new favorite lead flight attendant, 'accidentally' got put up in an A-MAZING 2 bedroom suite at the Corinthia Grand Royal when he got back from a quick Keflavik turn, for 3 nights. My crew and I were all out to lunch on Thursday at Iguana when we got the call, "GUYS, you've gotta see this. Take the walk- you won't be disappointed." It kinda looked like it was going to rain and, the group didn't feel like making the 15 minute walk from the InterContinental to the Corinthia to hang out... but for some reason, I felt the need to go check out what he was raving about. So I did. UNBELIEVABLE.
He had the rooms 1204 AND 1205. He said, "Knock at either door, I'll answer." 1204 was the bedroom side of it and 1205 was the hallway leading into the 'living room area' with the extra TV and the extra HUGE window overlooking the streets of Budapest. (Notice the clear string/fishing wire hanging in the left corner. That was a random white balloon that was left in the deluxe room for NO reason that seemed to follow me around wherever I went... )
When he checked in late to the hotel the night before after a long flight, he sat down in his suite and got comfy on the couch, and looked over and noticed this massage chair. He told me he dropped everything he was doing and 'tested it out' for about an hour... haha!
He even had access to a private balcony overlooking the front of the hotel... that we just had to pull up a chair and sneak out onto when the other guests weren't looking. (Hahaha--- Did he REALLY have access, or did we just make that up?) Either way- it was fun! And a gorgeous view!
Look at this bedroom- huge bed and a balcony- can't get any better!

"OK- We want you to be a flight attendant for Ryan. Here's what we can offer-it's not much, but just hear us out. We'll give you 10 days off a MONTH. (Most 9-5 jobs give you 10 days off a year?) On top of that, we'll send you to places that you will NEVER get to see on your own dime, and we'll also put you up in surprisingly nice luxury hotels from time to time just to show you how much we care. In return, we'll only make you work about 3 or 4 flights a week, basically only about 4 hours each. STILL not convinced??? We'll give you $75 a day to be working for us. WILL YOU WORK for Ryan??" Hahahaha... sadly, this is the honest truth... And we love it...

Overlooking busy Budapest from the balcony in the afternoon... so nice!
Just living the dream... I love that he's been a flight attendant for Ryan for almost 10 years and he STILL thinks of every layover as a vacation! "I'm just gonna do it until it's not fun anymore..." It's obviously still fun! :-) How can it not be??
We had this balcony all to ourselves that afternoon... and we loved every minute of it! Kept looking at people on the train looking at us with wine in our hands and laughing our heads off in public... Should we be 'working' right now??
CHEERS to Budapest! I love you so...
Glad you got lucky with this suite, Philippe!
Hanging out in Budapest on a Thursday afternoon- just a normal day, right?? :-) Another glass of wine, perhaps?
Happy Hour at the Marriott in Budapest... venturing out for a little bit with the rest of our crew. Buy one get one free... and free appetizers! I love my 'vacations' for work...

Cheers!

-Lisa :-)