Canal House Hotel

... on hearing my reply. The return or round-trip was quite exhilarating in the cool early-morning air. Before returning to the hotel I photographed St Louis Cathedral and some other areas of the French Quarter. An hour later Mavis directed me out of the ...

... as there's no way anyone could get luggage up without it. Anyway the end result is we are staying in an amazing canal house hotel which embodies  the whole feel and atmosphere of Amsterdam.  From our room we look down over the Singel Canal ...

...   Arrive Gatwick, London England  @ 6:55 am Oct 8/10 Oct 8, 9, 10    Staying at : Hotel Menzies Chequers - Brighton Road, Horley, Gatwick, England ...

... lane street running along a canal --- ... and a miracle happens!!!!  We find a parking space right beside the canal, right in front of our house!!!  The lady is there, I give her a couple hundred Euros cash deposit and she give me the keys and ...

... reviews for. So after my $20 taxi ride here, I was told that it would be $30 to head to the Panama Canal which was half way to Gamboa from my hotel. Luckily I met people that were getting in a taxi heading to the city and they were kind enough to let ...

... to battle the locks again.     This was the slowest part of our journey as there were numerous locks again and a tourist hotel canal boat was in front of us. These huge boats which just fit through the bridges, get priority and have a lock to ...

... a couple who are leaders of the Slow Food Nottingham convivia. They picked us up and we went to dinner at the Victoria Hotel, a free house. They explained that a free house is one that serves a variety of brews while other pubs are operated by a single ...

... tomorrow morning.  But, the lack of cash availability has limited what we were able to do.  Van Gogh museum, no go.  Canal boat tour...no go.  Thankfully I purchased the tickets for the Anne Frank House online before we left.  Besides talking to our ...

... jerk though, and it was an hour before we could go through, since he was talking on the phone, showing rooms in his house to potential guests, and generally taking his time so he wouldn't have to operate the lock as frequently. We figured that the locks ...

... Aviemore nearby) with stone walled gardens very common. It is very pretty. The B&B we are staying in is an old 2 story hotel called Dunston House, the oldest of it's type in the Otago region. We are looking forward to breakfast here as it is meant to ...

... The hostel was pretty funky, and although we were kept up til 3am owing to the noisy Relic Bar beneath our room, the in-house movie theatre and unlimited free pancake and banana breakfast made up for the lack of sleep. Panama City is a whole world away ...

... low key day today and we returned for a rest in the afternoon and later had dinner around the corner at a local restaurant attached to a hotel which was very nice. I had rice and Aloo Gobi ( a dry potato curry) and Wayne had a mixed vege Korma curry with ...

... and just wanted to see the place while 30-45 minutes would be average tour. I waited outside with a great view of the canal boats and people traffic, while snapping pictures. This may be my favourite thing to do and Amsterdam is one of the best places ...

... a shame because they have a good location and could be great. There are many other pancake places in Amsterdam...avoid Sara's Pancake House. After eating we walked around some more, then went on a canal boat tour. The next morning we got up and had ...

... Claude! A Haven of Hotel Chic! Truly a boutique hotel, as they should be! Small, elegant, personal and warm! Hotel Claude Marbella redefines the boutique hotel concept with luxurious accommodation, five-star amenities and a very personal touch by ...

... with dinner with more of Marc's friends at a Thai restaurant. We spent our final full day in Copenhagen on a canal boat tour, the quintessential Copenhagen tourist experience, with a lunch stop at the missable Christiania.  Copenhagen was ...

... Buddah), The Grand Palace, The canal tour, Wat Pho (The Temple of the Reclining Buddah), and the Jim Thompson House.  We met Tong at 8:30 am at our hotel.  She was as happy as ever and ready to start a new day touring. We started with the ...

... a recent visit to the railway station. It's funny how the new can coexist with the old - imported champagne, a lovely European-style hotel where the staff speak English and a friend I wouldn't necessarily have made if this had been 30 years ago, living ...

... really need to do some research about this area and the history of the US presence in Panama, it's fascinating. After calling the hotel to get directions and then asking another taxi driver our guy found Quarry Heights. We went past a guard station at ...

... the border, and on the evening of the second day, January 9, 1964, nearly 200 Panamanian students marched into the Canal Zone with their flag. A struggle ensued, and the Panamanian flag was torn. After that provocation, thousands of Panamanians stormed ...

... reflecting pool.  We illegally peeked into an elegant auditorium but were sadly unable to evade security and explore the legendary hotel gardens.              To finish the night, Cynthia drank tea ...