Cordial House Hotel

... days in the Europe-Asia "border". We had met our friend Thomas here as well. From here on, he continued the journey with us. Cordial house hotel is a reasonable place to stay in. It is right in the heart of the city and we payid 8€ for night. It has ...

... and daddies, go home now, you must vacate the site". Just as i was buying a 2Euro plastic cup of Electric Kool Aid cordial and a vegetarian burrito, the call went out that the last bus to Utopia would be leaving in 5 minutes. We grabbed the gear and ...

... portion of the 13-mile long castle wall that surrounds the European side of Istanbul along the water.  We arrived at our hotel, the Cordial House, and checked into our room.  I could tell Tara had to dig deep to keep it together, with it being ...

... in Dijon. Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And reasonable prices to boot!!!!!! Hotel Le Jacquemart in Dijon was quaint, clean, and the staff cordial! The Hotel Dieu des Hospices de Beaune is not a hotel but infact a hospice, located in Beaune, built by ...

... my research. There's some good hostels here but I don't have a guidebook and I chose one for location instead of reviews.  The "Cordial House" is quite the misnomer. Oh well, in the morning, I fly home after a pretty amazing 3 weeks. October 26, 2010 ...

... ; They don't really have street dogs in Istanbul, so cats have stepped up to do the job.  And they still value cleanliness like house cats, so they are pretty cute and nice to look at. Occasionally one will rub against your leg at a restaurant, which ...

... spent some tıme today a bıt aımlessly, just thınkıng about home what ı used to do wıth myself. Hotel ıs fıne (Cordıal Guest House), pretty basıc but clean and somewhere to base myself for a few days. Am ın a sıngle room agaın ...

... , just smaller. Went out for Baklava and tea with my new room mate tonight, she's Serbian and lovely. An architect. Another hotel upgrade - from dorm accomodation to twinshare. Must be my lucky week! The cafe we went to was cool; lots of turkish men ...

I woke up at 4am and never did get back to sleep. We ate at the hotel and then headed out for a big day.  Our first stop was the Hagia Sophia, or Ayasofya in Turkish.  The Hagia Sophia is right across the courtyard from the Blue Mosque, and ...

... slab, and was scrubbed and massaged by a burly, topless Turkish woman.  She enjoyed her experience, despite also having several "what am I supposed to do now?" moments. We went back to the hotel right afterward, and crashed immediately at about ...

... enough to be an effective translator. But I didn't feel excluded or anything, it was a fun evening/morning - got back to my hotel at about 3:30am...was upgraded to a single room, oh what a luxury after a month of sharing a room! Nice way ...

Woke up around 8 after a good night's sleep, FINALLY!!! Ate the usual breakfast at the hotel and headed down towards the Galata Bridge to catch the Bosphorus Cruise, a 6 hour trip through to the end of the Bosphorus Straight on the Black Sea and ...

... very neat and tidy - and Thomas beckoned us into his house where we dumped our packs and then sat on the floor drinking sars cordial and eating dry crackers.  Thomas introduced us to his mother See-am who looked to be in her 70's but who ...

... us to pay for his drink. "Why didn't you tell me this before?" So the guy just wanted a free ride to his house, because the hotel was near his home and free drink with some foreigners? That's a sweet deal. I was unimpressed with the whole situation. We ...

... . We collected our things and proceeded to head outside, bleary eyed with the vain intention of finding the Anne Frank House. As we were leaving the hotel recieptionist Chico told us we were "Pussies" and asked why we were going to the Anne Frank House, ...

... Tunisia who was wearing a short sleeve shirt over a long sleeve shirt and a cap picked us up and was immediately cordial to us. We opened our minds and our mouths and conversed about politics, about setting good examples for youthful generations, about ...

... He seemed pretty content, so i headed out to get another joint, and ended up walking for ages. I bought some Hash then returned to hotel. Will was taking a shower, and upon his exit he told me he had seen George Bush and Mr.T in the water on the floor. ...

... house for dinner, kindly recommended by the man on reception downstairs and 20 metres away from our hotel. Looking a bit like a mixture of a spanish colonnial house and a bad acid trip, the restaurant oozed character and great food. With dayglow murals ...

... to step onto his royal veranda, he comes towards me with open arms, taking both my hands into his. It is a most cordial greetings. This is the however standard procedure. Moreover, the King already has other guests. He offers them his betel nut mixture, ...

... the dozen or so toasts that began our evening.  Poor Mark!  He was trying to slyly pour only half glasses (tiny little cordial size glasses of a strong rice wine add up quickly), but they also find it to be a sign of respect to pour your glass ...