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While my husband went off to park the car, my friend and I tried to check in. The hotel was closed. On the door was a sign saying it was their closing day, but there was a contact telephone number. I remembered that English was not among the spoken languages, so called my husband to call them, and some one was sent to let us in. Only speaking English and Flemish, we had to get by with hand gestures and an odd French word here and there, but managed to check in and were given keys to the room. There was no left and she had told us "premere etage", but the premier etage had a restaurant and reception, so up another flight of stairs. At check in there has been some confusion about the room, as a friend was with us, we had booked a room with 2 double beds, that was called a mini suite, but we were given two keys, and couldn't find the umber of the key I had in my hand, but we found the other one, in fact it was two rooms, one led into the other, and it was really nice, we were nicely surprised, as we weren't sure what to expect. The lady, had gesticulated, that to enter and exit the hotel we had to use the back door. So when my husband arrived at the once again locked front, we had to go down and let him in at the back!!! The hotel was once again deserted. It really was very funny. Maybe even a bit creepy. So the rooms were very nice, the tv in one room didn't work properly, but that didn't matter, we weren't there to watch tv, the rooms were very nice. The bed was rather hard, not great for anyone with a back problem. Breakfast the next morning was fine, we had expected that the hotel would now be open at the front as it was not their closing day, but it remained locked. I think we were the only customers, and there was never anyone there, except during the morning for breakfast and cleaning, so it was all rather funny. So what can I say, really nice mini suite, great location, nice view over the square, not a good bed, and really nothing else to say, maybe we were there at the wrong time of year. We were only there for two nights, and no cause to complain, it was just a bit strange. Luckily my husband can speak both french and German and was able to explain to the lady who did breakfast that the tv didn't work, but she couldn't do much about it. We had fun, and the whole situation did make us laugh a lot.