I arrived at the lexington airport at about 10:36 this morning. It is a small airport. Several taxis were waiting outside when I walked out. I took the one driven by a Maxican driver from the yellow wild taxi company, I believe. It took about 15 minutes to get to the University Inn. The fair is 16.25.
The university inn is located at 1229 Limestone Ave and the cross street is Waller St. The U of K is located on the opposite side of Limestone. The strange thing is when I stand at the cross street of Waller and Limestone, facing the UK, the street on my left side called Limestone and on my left is called Nicholasville Road. I noticed that the same road leading further towards the downtown area from the U of K section is called S Upper St According to the conference bus driver. The current Lexington used to be administrated by both the city of Lexington and the county of Lextington. Each has its own names for the street. When two merged into one city, the names of the streets did not change. Hence, a street can have as many as four names, which is very confusing for visitors, but are clear to locals. Those different names mark where the separation lines of the old administration areas.
I thought the University Inn is run by U of K, but I was wrong. The front desk lady told me that it is a privately owned hotel. It is called University Inn, because U of K is right across the hotel, I guess.
It is the nearest conference hotel to the U of K. Other conference hotels are further away and are not within the walking distance to the U of K.
I arrived at the hotel about 10:50, but the rooms were not ready. So I waited at the lobby and did not get a room until 12 pm. The room is clear. But the table is too small. The place has complementary Wi-Fi, which is a plus. The only drawback is that the hotel does not have a restaurant. I cannot get lunch and dinne here. The front desk lady told me if I go on to Nicholasville and walk towards the railway track, which is the opposite direction to the U of K, I will see some places that serve food.
At 1 pm I decided to go out to get some thing to eat and then go to the U of K to register. I got onto the bus that took me to the opposite direction of the U of K, that is towards the railway track. I noticed that the distance between the University Inn and nearest eating place is quite far. It will probably take 10 to 15 minutes of walking from the University Inn to get to a nearby subway or Pizza place.
The hotel lady told me that at least they serve the breakfast from 6 to 10. So tomorrow morning I don't have to walk far to get something to eat.
One more detail. If I go to U of K from the University Inn, I am going to the direction of downtown. The conference bus driver told me that if I want to take a bus from the U of K back to the hotel. I need to take bus 5 with the words 'Nicholasville to ' on the front of the bus. I did not catch the destination name of the bus. Anyway I want to jot down these details for future use.
