I stayed at one in Barcelona, and like you, had no idea that that was what it was until later. Turned out OK. :-D-
I had bright, golden-blonde hair for the first 3 or 4 years of my life, it got darker by the years and now it's almost black. Weird ish.
Have diluted ancestral relationships to Daniel Boone, Shirley Temple, Tennessee Williams and former 19th century governor of Tennessee, John (?) Sevier.
I've been in the same room as the folks listed below at least once: (within 20 feet or less). Many of them I actually met and/or shook hands with. Others I was just nearby... Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Colin Powell, Kirk Douglas, Keanu Reeves, Daisy Fuentes, Kris Kristoferson, Emilio Navaira, Phil Collins, George Foreman, Dr. J, Bill Walton, John Thompson, Alonzo Mourning, Magic Johnson, Arsenio Hall, John Stockton, Dennis Rodman, Marv Albert, Jackie Sherrill, ZZ Top, Dominique Moceanu, Ozzie Smith, Tim Duncan, Shaquille O'neal, Richard Belzer, Spike Lee, Jeff Bagwell, Robert Horry, Cuttino Mobley,Yao Ming, Hakeem Olajuwon, Marcus Luttrell.... And others I'm forgetting. By the way, none of the athletes mentioned above was "playing". Most were met via work or through a charity function... And yes....I'm a not at all famous or important name dropper.