Gloria Plaza

I went to Beijing, China with my parents as part of a celebration for my dad's 73rd birthday. We stayed at the Gloria Plaza Hotel in Beijing, China. We were part of Pacific Delight Tours... and touring we did!

... 3 floors of cars, motorcycles and engines from around the world. Viewed the exhibits - bought the T shirt. We head back to The Plaza Mayor for pre dinner drinks, the square is heaving. We wander around the square looking for the best bar, we find it. ...

... the grass and enjoyed the day. After the park at the Temple, it was back to the Metro to go to the Plaza Mayor.... a large shopping area created in the early 1800´s.  There was this amazing place there called La Chocolateria de San ...

... almost hear the air let out of my balloon.  After collecting our bags we were shuttled onto a bus and hauled to the Gloria Plaza Hotel. When we got to the hotel and checked in Jeremiah found his room to be a wreck. Somehow it had missed the ...

... : Left for dinner. 2020: Dinner was ok! But we were too full to enjoy it! 2050: Left for our hotel. 2100: Arrived at Gloria Plaza Hotel, we had rooms 348/350/351. (For review and more photos, pls check out tripadvisor under the same User ID ...

... from me in subsequent years, because I have traveled with her group many times since then.   BEIJING - April 23-27, Gloria Plaza Hotel: During our five days in Beijing,. . . . . . . . . .  we visited ...

... .  Anyway the wall is awesome, spectacular, an amazing achievement. The Wednesday I took it easy, had nice dim sum at the Gloria Plaza Hotel and picked up my visa for Vietnam.  I then went for a fitting for my cheongsam, which is looking ...

... ;I'm glad I took my teachers advice to wait for the sales!     I returned home for dinner with the roommates and Gloria!  Then Kara and I got ready for the bar crawl!  We had heard of students doing this pub crawl on tuesday- but ...

... with fanta!  It's amazing.  We walked around before going home and then opened up the cheese and snack we bought.  Gloria was very worried about us- she ordered us pizza and wings and then proceeded to call to make sure 'we were happy'. ...

... the truth. ‘We’re in the phone book.’ She had me. There wasn’t much else to say. ‘Well, Gloria,’ I conceded. ‘Guys have this thing…’ She let out a humph. ‘Yeah, I know.’ That was the end ...

... while maneuvering through the turns, road work, and downs and ups, left us pretty bushed and happy to find a decent hotel. Hotel Gloria has wifi but no hot water or toilet seat! Staff there were friendly and made us feel welcome. They helped us order a ...

... that had to be checked later on too, and so I had absolutely nothing. You live, you learn. That night I met up with Gloria and her husband Daniel to spend the night (also from couch surfing). They were extremely nice and welcoming. It was their first ...

... and hung out in the plaza, I returned home around 730 and we ate around 825...which was late for us!  We found out that Gloria had her wallet and everything stolen at the market :(  She was so frazzled and the four of us felt so bad for her! ...

... my awesome roommates- Kara and Jackie who are also from Pittsburgh :-) We then took a cab to our homestay and met our "host mom" Gloria who is just great! She is going to be so much fun- especially when we learn Spanish a little better and can communicate ...

... ;m sure had an English option but you had to know Hebrew to know which button to press for English.  I walked back to the Gloria for breakfast and quiet time.  As I walked up the hill to Jaffa gate I passed two policemen riding horses.  I ...

... quaint shops and cafes.  Sarah swore to return here before we left Jerusalem.   We easily checked into the Hotel Gloria, which was actually less than a minute walk up the first left street in the Old City once entering the Jaffa ...

... .  A tall monument was before me, covered with green and black figures.  The Monument of Glory Hill (Cerro de la Gloria) in Parque General San Martin is the piece de resistance of a Mendoza City Tour.  (It's all downhill from there-pun ...

... " feeding them! * Dubrovnik: Mea Culpa Pizzeria. Great pizza! We ate here twice it was so good! * Dubrovnik: Konoba Kamenice - a real local place serving good pasta and mussels at a reasonable price on a terrace next to a nice plaza off the main ...

... clinging to eroded cliff edges. First stop was at the view point Killi-Killi to get a 360 of the city; then to Plaza Murillo, the city centre, to see the hundreds of fat pigeons and the city's official colonial buildings (with guards and all) – the ...