Clarion Hotel Sign

... time, enjoying the small towns and scenery of coastal Ireland.  When we got to Sligo, our GPS could not find the Clarion Hotel. Ultimately we called Hotels.com to get the hotel's direct dial information.  When we finally got through to the ...

Walked down from the Clarion hotel on Congress St down to Donham Bike and Ski Shop in Portland. Rented a Giant "hybrid" bike for $25/day. Guys at the bike shop were very considerate and gave me repair kit and extra tube without charging extra.  Got ...

... great choice, absolutely gorgeous. We arrived in California at about 1pm and stopped for lunch outside of a Clarion hotel (They were advertising Free Wi-Fi on the sign) and made lunch for the day. I realized today how far we have come with technology. ...

We stayed last night again at the Clarion Hotel, as it had meant we were close to the Disneyland transport, but today it was time to convert to reality and back to hostel mode! We were able to locate a hostel on Hollywood Boulevard that claimed it was ...

... typical motel/hotel room; have to close bathroom door to get into tub.  And the view??? The huge red neon sign "Wyndham Garden Hotel."          ;     ...

... over) was check out time. It was Friday, and weekend rates at that place tripled, so we decided to book a more low scale hotel and casino, The Clarion. We lived it up long enough @ Luxor, got Joe max to our new joint, at the other end of the strip. Nice ...

... are having made up - while I managed to find PJ's, a Tshirt and chamois top for the wedding on Saturday. Coming back to the hotel I found a message under my door saying that room service had not been able to get in to make up the room... This was because ...

... via the Sky Bus.  It took us to the Southern Cross rail station which acts as the central hub then on to our hotel using a smaller bus.  We arrived at the hotel reception hoping our room would be ready although we were a couple of hours ...

... in at Christ Church Cathedral on the way back...very beautiful chuch with history stretching back to 12th century... After a rest at the hotel and a light dinner nearby it was off to the O2 arena to see Leonard Cohen.  The arena is one of those ...

... …but bigger…and more important.”  Nobody really cared at this point anyway…. We finally got to our hotel, and learned that our plans to visit the Pentagon tonight wouldn’t happen – as the Memorial was going to be ...

... too well.  We were undecided as to whether this was down to being homesick! The normal routine of morning coffee in the hotel café while keeping up with emails and Skype calls was completed.  Even a caffeine fix did nothing to lift Legs.  ...

... After a great day wandering through the Georgian District of Old Dublin, Merrion Square and St. Stephen's Green it was back to the hotel, a quick change into my Bono outfit (ha ha) and off to Croke Park for one last U2 show....Tonight was great ...