{Sarasota, Florida - Hyatt Regency}

On May 1, we were at the Hyatt Regency in Sarasota, Florida. We had been there once before but loved to go back to this place.

Love the exotic surroundings here at the Gulf of Mexico where this Hyatt Regency Sarasota is located.

Husband Pieter in the back of the hotel where you even can dock your own boat or yacht.

King Size bed with pillow top and down duvet at all Hyatt hotels, makes us feel at home!

Husband Pieter made a tea for me and a coffee for himself, after my drive from Orlando where we stayed at the Hyatt Place Orlando/ Universal which we can reach in about 6 hours driving from home.

That feels relaxed and even though it is windy, the balcony offers such a great view of Sarasota Bay...

At our previous stay we were informed that this is a Hyatt hotel where you could dock your own yacht in the back... you can reach it IF you have one!

View from balcony

Parking for the hotel is in the back of the hotel, you can see the cars under the palm trees.

Restaurant is right next to the dock.

This is the path that we walked alongside Sarasota Bay...

Will show you more next!

Have you been to Sarasota, Florida?

We will be back for another time; using some of our Hyatt Points for more free nights.

Related links:

{Sarasota Bay, Florida - Great White Heron} | post by me about the walk around Sarasota Bay

{Sarasota Bay, Florida - Anhinga} | post by me about Sarasota Bay walk

{Dutch Twin Down Duvets Altered to American Size}

WHY is there such a difference in sizing between continents? Clothes, shoes and even for bedding and bed linens there is quite a difference. So due to the problem of maximum baggage weight we no longer can bring home Dutch duvet covers etc. The only solution was to change them in American sizing and that's what I did. For adding some 40 cm or 16 inches to each twin duvet, I did use a down duvet that I had gotten on sale at The Company Store  for only $ 99.00. Not much to risk! 

Here it is... one segment of down squares added on and ready to be slipped into the ocelot flannel duvet cover from Garnet Hill that I got at their winter sale!

So how did I do it?

Using the smocking stitch setting on my sewing machine, I went on both sides of the stepping.

This is how it looked...

That way I could cut it in the center with the serger, right on the stepping and it did not cause any mess. 

All the down stayed neatly inside.

With a single stepping stitch I than proceeded to sew them together.

The Dutch twin duvets happened to be in a beige color but that will not be visible once inside the duvet covers.

This table from Yves Delorme shows the differences between US sizing and Dutch sizing...

The US Twin size is 42.7 cm wider and also 18.4 cm longer!

So glad for having tackled that so now all American duvet covers fit perfectly.
Mainly I have those from Yves Delorme from their Outlet.

Is any of you having had to deal with different sizing for bed linens?