» Princess, heel thyself

I had asked the desk staff at my hotel if there was a place in town where I might find Western-sized shoes. A yes was followed by directions quickly drawn on a map, followed by â€" eureka â€" not only a pair of heels that fit but a gorgeous pair ... Ambling from the beautiful book-lined Rose Library, to the Blue Billiard Room, to the main lobby, which in winter glows with an open fire and in summer is festooned with white flowers, you half expect to run into a royal or two. ...