Imaginary Hotels

In the middle of the desert is a hotel where it's always raining inside. Not real rain, of course. Simulated streets, each room its own little house in the "suburbs" section, where it's always a cloudy, overcast day, although the artificial sun does peek out now and then. There's also the "city" section, with scaled-down brownstone buildings, alleyways, and even fake traffic. That's where I usually stay. I like to walk through the rain and wonder what could have been. 

There's even a pool. Swimming in the rain is one of my favorite things, but of course, it's dangerous to do so in an actual thunderstorm. In this hotel, the flashes of lightning and rumbles of thunder are impressive, but harmless. 

The hotel is called "Felis Et Canes."

I will advise you to make use of the Sunrise Room before you leave. It looks like a little park, with benches and grass and trees. The fake rain will slowly stop, and the fake clouds will slowly part, and the fake sun will come out, and it will be less of a shock when you step back out into the desert sun. 

We should go sometime. I think you'd really like it.