Hotel Sonya

... , took us from the airport to Roma Termini in the heart of the city. From there, we dragged our gear 15 minutes to the Hotel Sonya on Via del Viminale a few blocks from Piazza della Repubblica. We checked in and dropped our bags in the room then returned ...

 30th After a brilliant buffet breaky (complete with caviar!) at the hotel, Sonya comes to visit us. She's staying with Cecilia's mum (Gunilla) and has been here a week already. She's really excited to see us - it's great to see her again too. We ...

... be blurred.  I walked down the parallel street to Via Viminale, where I located an Irish Pub directly opposite the entrance to Hotel Sonya.  When I passed the Bank where I had obtained cash earlier in the day, I spotted a couple trying to get ...

... they said. We made our connector train to Rome with out any problems. Once in Rome we had to walk a few blocks to our hotel (Hotel Sonya). On the walk there the broken wheel on my luggage that was sort of working decided to break off all together! So now ...

Sept 15 2010 Today we woke up at 8:00am to have breakfast in the hotel before we started our day. We headed to the train station to purchase the Roma pass and Hop on Hop off bus tour tickets. We knew we didn't have enough cash so we made our first ...

... at the famed Spanish Steps. There we sat taking photos of one another, soaking up the atmosphere. Finally at 19h00 we returned to our hotel for showers and packing. I took some time to pay our bill, check in for our flight on-line, and send a quick e-mail ...

... hang on", and the Lombok favourite (which you get absolutely everywhere once you tell someone you are English) - "war - urgh" (water). Sonya Guesthouse is a cute little homestay and is everything I want for 60,000IDR - basically a bed, shower and peace ...

... in town. We never hit a bad restaurant in Italy.  After lunch we shopped and went back to the hotel for a rest then went to dinner with Jim, Sonya, Dave and Julie. This was another great meal.  Italy Day 11 Today we started late to avoid ...

... - all those fun things!) Ah well seems like we need to kill some time which some of the boys do by playing scrabble but Jules, Sonya, Alison, Ish and I do by heading into town to the local bakery passing a shop to buy a tub of ice cream. We proceed ...

... it is well laid out and easy to understand.  They keep immaculate records of distances and elevations, alongside this there is Sonya's gritty narrative.  Put the two together and you have an excellent plan for a cycle route.   Because ...

... to be an outdoor picnic on a barge in the main canal), and some good Aussie wine.   Afterwards, Danny, Tiff, Tim, Sonya and myself walked back together. Danny & I made nuisances of ourselves, playing in the gale-force winds, climbing ...

... . It was great to catch up with someone from Perth and to be able to announce our engagement to someone in person :) Peter and Sonya had only arrived in Las Vegas last night, so they were keen to know what's worth doing/what shows are worth seeing etc. On ...

... drink, it was that bad.　 Day Six We decided to get up and make the most of the free breakfast on offer at the hotel - you could order egg whichever way you liked and it came with Sausage and Bacon. We could also help ourselves to toast, juice and ...

... ; themed party.   Everyone makes a good effort as we all join on the roof of the hotel in our finest Arabian getups and start the party. Sonya’s arranged pizza’s for everyone and just before we tuck into them the presents are ...

... hotel home of the fictional character Eloise (see www.eloisewebsite.com). Aria loves the Eloise movies and books so seeing this hotel provided a grand photo opportunity. Not only did we take pictures of the exterior of the building but we went in the ...

... camping in said car park but are instead put up in a hotel around the corner, the Sun Hotel just off Tahrir Square.   The hotel has a good location but unfortunately no en-suite rooms which is a bit of a worry given my stomach is still acting up. ...

... we might be consuming AND you can drink the water here!  On the bus ride to Dalat, we met two other fellow travelers - Sonya (from Spain) and Katrin (from Germany).  It was nice to talk to other travelers and we all had stories to tell about ...

... (c2 hours) and before we know it we can smell the sea air as we pile off the truck into the Seven Heaven Hotel.  Unfortunately not quite heaven more old battered rooms, hundreds of mosquitoes and shabby common areas.  Not wanting to finish off ...

... . I have assembled a loose confederacy of town-folk acquaintances. Rosa, who sells the liquados (fruit smothies) by the market; Sonya, who makes papuses (delicious cheese-filled, grilled corn dough) at night; Nicolas, who rents kayaks and has apparent ...