Marriott Pinnacle

... I met in Whistler in 1999 while working at the same hotel then we were roommate in Vancouver in 2001 and worked again together at the Marriott Pinnacle in 2003. The kids have grown up so much since I last saw them 3 years ago. Manolo is now 6 years old ...

... evening in Hong Kong venturing up to the Peak overlooking Victoria Harbor for a tasty meal. Took the antique Peak Tram to the pinnacle for a grand view of the city and the Harbor. Cafe Deco offered a wide range of Asian inspired international fare. From ...

... we had walked. But we were still not at the very top of the mountain. Up another cable car tram, we arrived at the pinnacle of this attraction - Sugarloaf. Admiring the view with the other visitors, I began to feel a fondness for this beautiful city of ...

... a 30 minute drive from Bethany to the Moevenpick Hotel on the Dead Sea. It is sited in a “hotel area” alongside a Marriott complex and other swank hotels. The location, outside of the hotel walls is actually quite bleak, with the sterile and ...

... the Kremlin walls passing the Mirage 5* hotel and a pyramid under construction, possibly another hotel. We came to a stop outside the Marriot Courtyard. I couldn’t believe my eyes and stupidly allowed a little hope to creep in. It was dashed when we ...

We are both so sad to leave this wonderful place.  We had the wedding of our dreams and the best honeymoon we could have asked for to follow it.  It will be really hard to pack it up today.  But we must; so we are getting ready to head out ...

I think we've been doing this whole thing wrong.  Apparently we should have created just one blog and then entry after entry, etc.  But oh well, its been working okay and we haven't had any complaints from the peanut gallery. :-) Today we ...

Today was Canada's Thanksgiving! We were excited to see how they celebrate and learn more about their traditions. To our surprise it seemed like a typical day. Stores and restaurants were open and people were out and about like a regular day. We asked at ...

We started today by waking up to a beautiful Coal Harbour sunrise.   You can't even begin to describe in words how beautiful this city is.  Our room overlooks the eastern portion of downtown, as well as Stanley Park and Coal Harbour.  ...

We arranged to arrive a bit early in Vancouver two days ahead of our sailing. We had heard wonderful things about this city and did not want to rush the experience.   Thanks to some hotel frequent sleeper points, we were able to stay at a ...

Okay, so we are both exhausted and ready for bed...but at the prompting of Joey's sister we will break the suspense.  We hope we haven't built it up too much, but... We went whale watching!  We got within 30 yards of WILD Orcas.  ...

Today was more of a relax and "see what we can find" kind of day.  We started off with breakfast from the cafe downstairs in the hotel and then headed off in the rain to the main TransLink terminal.  We bought our tickets and hopped on the ...

Today was a GREAT day!  We started our morning watching an older gentleman make us breakfast crepes right in front of us in a tiny cafe in our hotel.  They were awesome!  After another cup of delicious coffee, we headed out to the Tourism ...

Sometimes you just need to go home to get a bearing on where you really are ...