As it turned out, Erick and Raphael got to The Montblanc Hotel an entire day before Nina's team arrived.
Apparently, flying as-the-crow was far faster than driving through winding roads full of bumps and dips that had to be magikally maneuvered so the RV didn't break axles and puncture holes in the tires.
Hotel Montblanc was paradise on earth!
It was huge, rising up over 20 stories high and took up most of the entire block. Its entrance had bellmen and doormen who were busy meeting and greeting and hauling luggage of the traveling wealthy.
This was, after all, a tourist town, located next to a warm sandy beach with plenty of things for the vacationing travelers to do.
He walked in and looked around at the marbled floors, creamy walls, and fresh tropical flowers arranged in huge stone vases.
In the air was a delicious scent of coconut and freesias and somewhere, there was the tinkling of a piano.
