Hotel Grand Bretagne

... Athens. After our Lufthansa flights from LAX to Frankfurt to Athens we have finally arrived in Athens to stay at the Hotel Grand Bretagne overlooking the Acropolis. On our first and only night in Athens, we went to dinner at Orzontes which has the best ...

... have a walk around the square. Syntagma Square was Athens' main square. It contained their House of Parliament, the luxurious Hotel Grand Bretagne, as well as numerous travel agencies and souvenir stands. I decided to have a snack at the McDonald's before ...

... guys and within minutes we discovered we have mutual friends.   I spent the afternoon with them at the luxurious Hotel Grand Bretagne.  It is surprisingly easy to meet people.  On the ferry from Folegandros, I noticed I was in a ...

... the historic Fort National (closed unfortunately, but interesting nonetheless) and - after the tide went back out - the islet of le Grand Bé. Despite what my guidebook and other signs near the strand said to the contrary, le Petit Bé further out ...

... a double kiss. Apparently, I missed the second round! The Attorneys Said: After receiving a gyro's welcome in Athens at the Grand Bretagne (double entendre intended), we migrated - albeit via airplane - to shall we say less plush digs in order to ...

... had a view of ruins. We decided to splurge on the first night, and were not disappointed when we arrived at the Grand Bretagne - it was directly in the center of Syntagma Square, across from the Parliament and walking distance to the Acropolis (and ...

... share only one accommodation during their stay in Greece (and god knows we weren't going to be staying at the Four Seasons Grand Bretagne Vistas Palace), but I had a feeling that at some point Jamie and Bill would want the freedom to move about the isles ...

... considering they didn't speak English) and a not-so-comfortable bed (a theme throughout Greece, excluding the Marriott and Grand Bretagne). But we gladly accepted those as a tradeoff for the amazing views. Santorini was definitely the most relaxing ...

... we walked through Syntagma Square which is where the nationally televised protests take place. We also saw the Grand Bretagne Hotel where famous guests such as Winston Churchill, Elizabeth Taylor and Jimmy Carter have stayed.  In front of ...

... the afternoon I met Chantal for the first time, a friend of my friend Father Ed from home. We met for coffee at the Grand Bretagne Hotel, and it was just lovely. She is an English teacher outside of Athens, and she is so incredibly pleasant. She is really ...

... interesting time to visit Greece.  As the most indebted country in the PIIGS group by % of GDP, Greece has taken grand austerity measures to reduce government spending.  Watching the news before our our arrival we kept seeing images of ...

Next, I rush to catch an early train from Toulouse to the beach town of La Baule in in Bretagne (Brittany), a long 8 hour journey. Okay this will definitely sound like a cliche, but I was riding the rails past fields of sunflowers and farmer´s crops, ...

... entiers qui nageaient a quelques metres de nous... Et les iles composees de 9 iles, ressemble a la cote de granite rose en Bretagne, France. Sauf que l'eau est chaude, avec ces superbes poissons, l'eau est aussi clair qu'en Bretagne (pour ceux qui n'y ...

... qui a permis par exemple à la Thaïlande de ne pas être colonisée et de subir très peu d’invasions, la Grande-Bretagne est restée côté Birmanie tandis que la France s’arrogeait la rive gauche du fleuve avec l’Indochine (Viet Nam, ...

... le atmosfere e la società borghese del primo Novecento. Il centro ha conservato qualcosa delle atmosfere belle époque, come il Grand Hotel del 1861 (rifatto nel 1907) e nella Promenade des Anglais del 1887, che oggi si chiama Promenade Marcel Proust. ...

... que je verrai. Parlant de ces autres peuples, je crois avoir été capable de rédiger mes plans pour visiter la Grande Bretagne et l'Irlande. Je devrais pouvoir partir d'ici le 30 Avril ou le premier mai. Direction Paris dès que tout sera terminé. Je ...

... It was incredibly green with a great little pond right in the center of it. And finally, don't miss the Chateau des Ducs de Bretagne. This another fortress located in the middle of the city. It is so cool with a rich history! Check it out. Chateaux in ...

... mais si magnifique a vivre. Le soir j'ai jaser et déguster une bonne bouteille de vin en compagnie d'un Français de la Bretagne. J'ai aussi fait la connaissance de deux jumelles allemandes( Joël j'ai tout de suite penser a toi sur ce coup là, malgré ...

... un peu partout dans l'Europe pour y faire un programme spécial, et ils prenaient leur vacance de la Toussaint pour faire la Bretagne et la Normandie. En ordre à partir de la gauche : Béatrice (Espagne), Olivia (Pays-Bas), Philippe (Autriche), ...