Medina Grand

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... miss Alice but I am having fun considering I am thousands of years back in time.....wait till I tell the baby this then my grand children boy will they be surprised! I went and talked to the scholar about the main pillars of founding in Islam. The biggest ...

Medina today...pretty awesome especially once I got out of the busy souqs and into the quieter areas. Check out some nice pix, many beautiful doors. ...

... we followed them and finally got on the highway. We dropped off Chris's friend Ali and picked up Hassan and then headed to the Medina Jumeirah which was on the other side of the Burj Al Arab. It was actually really awesome and I took some nice pics. ...

... " - Tu viens de là ?  - Non !" " - Tu vas ici ?  - Non !" Cool, ça marche !!!!!! Le matin, on visite la Medina. C'est très joli et typique. Chaque allée à son thème presque. On a vu : Les bijoux, les fruits et légumes, les vetements et ...

Started the morning with walking tour of Medina and surrounds.  Started in the Jewish quarter, with the fancy houses on the outside. Saw the inside of a synagogue, the caretaker/priest was a lovely old man, bent with age - he was mostly blind and ...

... more orange juice than you could shake a stick at, we decided to find our way home through the nameless winding streets of the medina.  After walking for about an hour, we found ourselves at exactly the wrong place - on the other side of the huge ...

... on the train: get in, take your picture, feel warm about the old movie, then get out. The ancient quarter (medina) compared with other cities is much less attractive, filled with Delhi-esque smells and none of the inviting hospitality and ...

... the truck for Big Bend. Leaving Fredericksburg, I drove the now familiar path to Kerrville and got to enjoy the curvy trip to Medina one last time. But, surprise, the road past Medina was even better! Steep, curvy, 10mph hairpin switchbacks, yippee! It ...

... Aren't these cool photos? The next day called for yet another drive, this time through Comfort, Center Point, Camp Verde, Bandera and Medina. Then, heading toward Kerrville... man, what a road! It was so steep and curvy that I had to turn around, film it ...

After spending a great week and a half in Sydney we got to Melbourne in search of new adventures. When we booked the Medina Grand in Sydney, they told us about their property that they had in Melbourne. Although it was named the Medina Grand like the ...

... decided that this year, that place was Australia. After looking through countless apartments, we found the hidden gem, the Medina Grand. It was located near Darling Harbor and had public transportation just outside the doorsteps. The apartment was ultra ...

... We arrived in Adelaide quite late in the evening, and went to the Belgian Bier Cafe before going back to our hotel, Medina Grand Treasury.  The hotel itself is built in the former Heritage-Listed former Treasury building.  C's mum knew someone ...

... as well as advising on things to do, places to visit and bus and ferry routes and timetables. We took a taxi to the Hotel Medina Grand.  Our room wouldn’t be ready for another hour and so we adjourned to a nearby pub.  It was something of ...

... I would have hopped on Qantas and flown it in 5 hours. Thursday, October 31 11:00 am Eastern Australian Time Sydney - Medina Grand Harbourside Hotel Whooo hooo ! I'm in Sydney! The rest of the train journey continued to be more and more ...

... the book of maps and told him how to get there! Now, that's team work! As I mentioned above, our hotel, the Medina Grand Treasury, is awesome!!! Its in Adelaide's old Treasury building - which lends itself to high ceilings and big rooms. The Medina ...

... we took a spin on the free 'city loop' bus. Said goodbye to Alison and checked into our deluxe apartment at Medina Grand - Adelaide Treasury' - one of the oldest buildings in South Australia. It was amazingly well kitted out with our own washing machine, ...

We are leaving in a few days. The hotel's booked. It will be the Medina Grand Melbourne. Fingers crossed. Five nights in the same hotel is no joke. Tripadvisor played a major part in that decision. Pretty decent rating. We booked a ...

... suit our large family of 7 adults and 3 young kids (especially with our huge number of bags), so we moved into the Grand Medina, Sydney which provided us stunning views of the buildings around the Townhall area, as well as small views of Darling Harbour ...

... of the logo on the ice cream I had it appears "Walls" is branded as "Peters" in Australia.   On returning to the Medina Vibe we could finally get our room key and relax. The room was amazing, a two bedroom apartment with ensuite and main bathrooms, ...