Alto Hotel Melbourne

... for the night). On January 31, we left our friends home near Melbourne for was to be a short flight to Auckland. We left Melbourne 12 hours late. And there ends our small adventure between our old home in Seattle to our new one in Auckland. Jeff and ...

... India / Nepal / Thailand / Japan / Hong Kong ---------------------------------------------------------------- Its been almost 3 months since I left Melbourne, but it feels like much longer. One of the things I've noticed since I started ...

... the weather's a contrast, blue sky and burning sun quickly changed to thunderstorms with heavy rain showers and vice versa. The hotel, the Alto hotel on Bourke Street, is perfecly located in the city center. With a charming old outside front, this small ...

I arrived at the Alto Hotel on Burke at about 10:30 and was warmly greeted by the lady at reception who checked me into a room on the first floor.  When I got to the door, the key wouldn't work (or perhaps I didn't work - difficult to tell) so I ...

... to see what was over the hill.  At the top, we crossed a pedestrian bridge over the numerous rail lines coming into downtown Melbourne from the west then on to the edge of Etihad Stadium.  Although we were unable to get near the footie field, we ...

... a typically smiling Melbournian.  I asked about a guide for a walking tour and if by magic was presented with Joe - a Melbourne ambassador who was a little down as his booked guests had not shown but this was to my benefit as it meant he would ...

... on the line we were on, so we had to get off and walk over a block to carry on.  When we got back to the hotel, Wayne and Ann had gotten back and hadn't eaten, so we climbed on a tram with them to find some supper.  Wayne decided to ...

... for a stair-climb (living in a one level apartment and being away from home since January) so we went back to our hotel apartment and allowed her to climb our stairway to reminisce.  We chatted the evening away, then gave the kids their Easter and ...

... el río y todo recto por St. Kilda Road se llegaba al Shrine of Remembrance desde donde había muy buenas vistas del skyline de Melbourne. De vuelta al centro pudimos visitar el jardín botánico y ver australianos haciendo piragüismo en el río. Al día ...

... down are definitely must haves. The Royal Botanic Gardens are beautiful (even in Winter) and the parks are well manicured. Alto Hotel on Burke provided more than adequete hospitality, and the basic Apartment features are well taken care of. It's a ...

... nbsp;open bar as we travel around the city.  It's not cheap, but apparently highly rated.  We caught a tram back to the hotel, but only went a few blocks before the driver said this was the end of the line and we had to transfer to a bus because ...

... , but they seem to have all the necessary machinery and personnel lined up to pull it off.  We took our goods back to hte hotel and met scads of people going to a footie game at Etihad Stadium; I think we'll pass on that, but no doubt we'll ...

Whilst flying to Melbourne I watched a beautiful full moon rise over the desert.  I had forgotten that the moon looks different from the Southern hemisphere - it's rotated thorough about 90 degrees. ...

... ; It is a very interesting museum and well worth the time and admission.     From Geelong we headed into Melbourne to the apartment hotel which will be home for six nights and to part with the Kluger.  We got checked in with no ...

... kitchen space in the basement. And all in beautiful Riga (Latvia!) Moments: - Spent lots of time with Damien, a muso from Melbourne now living part-time in Copenhagen, and Rob and James - twins from Shropshire/Staffordshire.  Oh yes, and Lesley, ...