Hotel Grecian Bay

... atmosphere as you were asked to leave if you weren't drinking. Even though Ted made a vow to never drink again after Malta, the Grecian air has given him amnesia as he ordered a margarita. We decided to go out for a local dinner at a pasta restaurant ...

... beautiful and valuable things". There's nothing educational about this museum, It is simply incredibly valuable collections of Grecian glass, Persian tile, Persian rugs and velvets, Chinese porcelain vases, Japanese wooden boxes, European silver, ...

... each other; a myriad of tiny yellow fish waltzing in the current around a huge golden fan coral; weird corals shaped like Grecian urns with a solitary fish motionless inside, waiting for some sort of prey; tiny little yellow Box fish ... looking like ...

... and are surprised with its impressive collection.  They have remarkable statues dating back to the days when this area was part of the Grecian and then Roman Empire.  On the way back we stop to have a beer and soak in the coastline, it’s ...

... then we headed in the general direction of the Golden Gate bridge.  The first stop was the Palace of Fine Arts, a huge Grecian palace with urns and godesses.  This was originally built from chicken wire and cement for an expo in the early 1900s ...

... home to many marble workshops. The massive outdoor show garden we visited is a monument to kitch... cavorting dolphins, life-size Grecian figures, massive pot-bellied Buddhas and the like. I took the opportunity to purchase my kitch gift - a green tiger ...

... promenade. It’s being slowly restored and isa charming mixture of long art deco and colonial-inspired buildings fronted by Grecian columns and original 50’s stores including soda stores and bowling alleys. It’s all blue and white and ...