Thanks for this perspective, how interesting to have personal experience there. So it wasn't Mary Worth but Barbara Hutton.

It's neat that you saw it before it became the El Camino Real. It was one of those places that stuck with me. I remember the feeling of sitting in that japanese structure in the middle of a pond having cocktails while listening to it rain. It is a really vibrant memory. We were there to visit the Nissan plant, which was where they built Nissans for Mexico domestic production. It was interesting.

I have stayed in a few El Camino Real's. They were always unique and fun. I think there are two in Saltillo that I stayed at. One was very corporate, the other was a really fun property. Always fun to not stay in a cookie cutter hotel every now and then.