Parramatta, Sydney, NSW

Our stay at the Parramatta Holiday Inn was an unplanned stay – we were meant to be staying with friends in the Blue Mountains – and they were due to pick us up from the airport after we got back from our overseas trip to Malaysia and the UK.

But guess what?! Yes, I got the dreaded COVID, and we had to cancel that plan and find somewhere to stay in Sydney on a Saturday night at the last minute. The Parramatta Holiday Inn was pretty much the only place left that wasn’t over $300 a night…

I spent two days feeling rough and mostly lying in bed, while CC spent two days waiting to catch COVID from me, getting supplies, and going for the odd walk.