Academy Plaza Hotel

... by the pilot.  After finally landing and a scary taxi ride, we ended up at our hotel (Best Western Premier Academy Plaza Hotel) for a quick shower and a long walk to explore and to the holy Guinness Storehouse.  We asked a lady n the street ...

... directions, the couples who sat on the shuttle next to us overheard our predicament.   “Hey, we're also staying at the Academy Plaza…you wanna just follow us?” Thank God. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a bit nervous ...

... long day on the road, we ended at Puno where Hermogenes (hired by Percy) met us and whisked us to the Casona Plaza Hotel. We found a great hamburguesa around the corner at Fina Estampa. Tomorrow: Lake Titicaca. Thursday, April 30, 2009 Today ...

... about one of the hostels in my book and the staff informed us that that area was unsafe and recommended Prince Plaza hotel.  Sounded fancy and too expensive for us, but their concern for our safety worried us a bit and got a taxi ...

... flight passed by quickly as most everyone was sitting next to an Elon student. Our new hotel, the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel, is just as nice as the hotel in Beijing and everyone enjoyed their first night in Xian. Terra Cotta Warriors and Theatre Show Ni ...

... good. After we finished we went back to the hotel and relaxed, and in a minute we are heading to dinner downstairs in the hotel for a Chinese buffet so hopefully it is nice. Anyway, not much has been happening today so sorry its not very long. Tomorrow ...

... only a stones throw away from our Hotel. The next day we woke early to so some sightseeing. We had breakfast at the hotel - a full Irish buffet breakfast. Very good quality. The main things to see were Dublin castle, Christ Church Catherdral, St Patricks ...

... of local life - Ireland too has its mentally ill! Checked out where our Michael worked when he was a night porter at a Dublin hotel a few years ago and walked back to our hotel arriving with sore feet again! We walk the streets of ...

... us on O'Connell Street just a half a block from our hotel. Course, because I was in charge of navigating I didn't realize our hotel was *right there* and walked us down a block and over a block and around this and over that before finally asking someone ...

... flight (well 2 since we stop at heathrow in between on our way to Athens). We had dinner in one of the restaurants in the hotel which was a really nice place. Jess and Emma had a Chicken dish and i had a burger that was delicious, gourmet in look and ...

... .  Which we did not find as we were going ion the wrong direction.  After figuring this out, we were getting close to our hotel and we just buggered it back to rest.  On way back, a security guy was in hot pursuit with a shop lifter from a ...

... , I just love those historical kinds of things. Grabbed a bus back to the city centre and then made our way back to the hotel. Both wound up taking short naps as the traveling and everything caught up with us. Ventured out about 8 or 9pm for a somewhat ...

... over to Golden Gate Park.  The morning was foggy and exceptionally cold.  It was time to visit the California Natural Academy of Sciences which is something we didn't;t get to do on our first visit.  That was because it was still under ...

... -- we're behind cordoned-off areas. I'm getting the history of the building, of everyone's families, gossip about the academy. Either my Spanish is really getting pretty good or my creative interpretation knows no bounds. A great feature of the ...

... gates in about an hour.  But, as we approached the gate, two large signs shouted that visitors were not allowed on the Academy’s grounds due to terrorism threats.  We parked in a lot near the gate and watched the traffic.  Sure ...

... attempting to measure the exact shape of the Earth, with the first result being obtained in 1743 by Geodesic Mission of the French Academy of Sciences.  Whether or not it is indeed 240 metres out, we enjoyed the novelty value of being at the ...

... ... Diana was not staying at the hotel, as I had thought, but instead at her friend's place. The volleyball teams of King's Academy was staying at Crowne. Graciously, the group leaders told me that I could stay in one of their rooms with 2 other guys, ...

... sachets & crisps & ... a couple of other "stock up on's" before we leave Warsaw. Next we hoped to walk through the "Academy of Science & Culture" - which was another Stalin-style-building such as we have taken to calling a Tower of Babel. Either that ...

... of Santiago, and went to the famous restaurant 'Como Agua Para Chocolate’ (Like Water for Chocolate). The IB students at Warwick Academy study the novel of the same name as part of their English course - it follows the story of a young Mexican girl ...

... 6 - FLORENCE SIGHTSEEING The highlight in the city of Florence was a guided walking tour which included a visit to the Academy Gallery to see Michelangelo's monumental figure of David. We were also given a presentation on leather goods. Michelangelo was ...