Hilton Cologne

Our annual trip to Europe involved lots of rail travel. We home based at the Conrad Hilton in Brussels and made day trips to Amsterdam, Cologne, Brugge, and Paris. We then flew to Prague for 3 days before returning home to Austin

... bits of it above buildings all around the area (JB was reminded of one of Teddy’s photo out of his bomber of the devastation in Cologne but the Cathedral standing unharmed). It is HUGE – we knew it was, but even so it is a shock. There was no ...

... was still a blast and only $15 dollars for the whole day!  Then we took a bus to the other side of Isla de Colon to a place called Starfish Beach.  It was gorgeous.  No one lives there and the beach is far from packed.  There are ...

... wont go into that here) if you are not Kuna, you absolutely cannot buy land here, so despite the best efforts of Papa Hilton, there is nothing here for now, except palm tree huts, dug-out canoes and ornately presented locals. It completely took my breath ...

... district (yay?) for 55$ Euro, which is a litte expensive, but the other places were charging around 90$. It's definately  not the hilton, but It's so fun just walking up to a random hotel and getting a room on a whim. I definately felt like a ...

... 25 min. Then I had to get my AA flight to NYC.,DO NOT FLY LAN! repeat DO NOT FLY LAN.  Despite the accommodation at the Hilton, they don't care, they don't help. Ended up having to take a shuttle from LGA to JFK and buying a 180 ticket on JetBlue to ...

Our friend, Bill, found a ICE Train to Köln (Cologne) today, so we got up early to get ready and make our way to the train station. We travelled along the Rhine River up to Koln. What was so cool was getting to see all the castles overlooking the Rhine ...

... I went, but just know what you're getting into.  As far as the shopping is concerned, the artisan location near the Hilton Colon is MUCH better shopping and selection than most of the stores at Mitad. This evening I made the rare decision ...

... a few words and with the help of a dictionary can get the gist of the news.  We then trotted off to The Hilton Colon for an Easter Sunday lunch.  The food was excellent and the veggies were super.  Jen mentioned we were celebrating ...

First Thalys Trip Tres Bien! Perfect words to describe the Thalys train and our first trip on the Thalys. I suppose it is a TGV, but it is newer and more special. I was really excited to be on this train, for it is the first time on one of ...

... burn them to purge the old year and to bring in the new year.     In fact in front of our hotel, the Hilton Colon, was a pair of larger than life puppets, the Hulk and Wolverine.  These went up in a fantastic set of blasts as we ...

... of the city from my mountain highway. Back in Quito, I enjoy a light dinner at Cafe Colon(Open 24hrs) at The Hilton Colon. Sancocho Quitena an Ecuadorian soup with meat, yucca, sweet white corn and plantains is delicious and only $6.00. I am exhausted ...

We stayed at the Hilton-Colon in Guayaquil our first night. It was as Hilton's are known for first rate.  We then set out for the Hostel Atamari located just past the town Olone-pronounced Alone. It was difficult to find, however once we found ...

...  Hello from Ambato Ecuador!  I arrived safely in Quito late Saturday night, settled into the very comfortable Hilton Colon and discovered the news of a looming massive volcanic eruption south of Quito... WOW!  That would be a ...

... closer we could see some parts of the building towering over neighbouring ones. Today I discovered that the Catherdral Of Cologne is roughly 157 mertres tall and took over 600 years to build. It was also one of the last buildings that ...

... road to see if we'd have better luck. Eventually one stopped, we loaded all of our luggage in the boot and climbed in. The Hilton was in the opposite direction so our driver immediately did a quick U-turn across the bus lanes at the first junction .... ...

... we headed into Old San Juan to have dinner.  We tried out a recommendation - Cafe Berlin.  It's located at Plaza del Colon 407. http://www.frommers.com/destinations/sanjuan/D40498.html  It was ok, but not the meal we were looking for.  ...

... was unearthed while building the railroad station on the south side of the city, and the Roman Citadel which sits above the hill overlooking the city were all very quite amazing. Tomorrow, we are going to Koln (Cologne) so, there's more fun is to ...