Sofitel Melbourne

When down for Ultra, we stay at the Sofitel, in part because I used to get a free night under their paid reward programme. Now there's not a lot of benefit for me as I'm failing to be able to use the free night since they changed the offer to require buying 2 nights to get one free, as I rarely do that, so while the refurbished rooms are nice, I look forward to trying out newer hotels next year. I seem to get better discounts through booking dot com or other hotel chains free memberships, so after decades with accor, it looks like I'll be sadly moving on. Of course there are still discounts with the Accor free membership so you never know...

I digress. The building was build by the architect I.M. Pei in the early 1980s, so the look is strangely dated yet also still appealing when caught at the right angles.

I love in the sea of reflections, there were two people like hidden like a Where's Wally? in real life.

Linking with #SundayBest #WeekendReflection. #WeeklyWonder

Please note if you have 2 nights to stay in Japan, their 2 nights, one free in the Fairmont Tokyo saves you about $900, but that was the only time I could have used it, but it wasn't the location I needed. If you can get away out of school holidays or for some weekends, it might work for you, it just stopped working for me.