Category: lodgings

  • Langham Place Hotel, NYC

    In January, a last minute business trip to NYC landed me this room in the Langham Place Hotel – a chain of hotels owned by a Chinese group, I think. With a stovetop, I made tea every morning. There was so much space which is rare in a NY hotel. The bedroom was located in…

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  • On board the Celebrity Reflection, part 2

    More pictures from the cruise we took during winter 2013. Part 1 is here. The Celebrity brand of cruise focus on food and services rather than parties or shopping. This is our ship – Reflection – in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This is the ship’s main dining room. This is one of the many stations…

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  • On board the Celebrity Reflection, part 1

    In our last minute search for a winter holiday, we wanted a destination that is warm and truly relaxing, preferably English-speaking. We did not want to do much sightseeing or shopping.  Cruising the Caribbean came up as the obvious option. It has been quite a few years since we last went on a cruise. Cruising the…

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  • Epic, Miami downtown

    For our 2013 Winter break, we booked a 7-day Caribbean cruise departing from Miami. The vacation began in Miami a few days before we boarded the ship. Sue booked us into the Epic Hotel located in the downtown business district. The hotel is quite new and the building also contained some residential apartments. It is epic…

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  • W Barcelona

    I (Chris) attended a week-long business conference in Barcelona. The organizer chose its venue at the “W” on the city’s waterfront ! The hotel is built on land reclaimed from the sea during construction of a new entrance to the harbor. Upon arrival, there was a long line to check-in. It was almost 4:30pm. When I…

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  • Interlaken – part 2

    Continuing with our long weekend in Interlaken … Interlaken’s hotels are expensive and they are often fully booked. Our hotel is BeauSite located in the next town – Unterseen. It is a family-owned hotel which has a nice little seating area in front and ample parking spaces. It was impossible to find parking in Interlaken…

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