Milan Marriott

... ...until she practically got into the cab with us. Monica mentioned that they could be aggressive in this city. We stayed at the Milan Marriott which is an absolutely gorgeous hotel in the middle of nowhere. My room was fantastic. Big bed, desk, and a ...

... drop.                 Overall, I enjoyed my day in Milan a lot more than I expected.  I was very impressed with the cathedral and the nightlife I found.  But Venice was ...

... Marble, to the mountains that the marble comes from to the monuments that used the marble from those very mountains! Incredible! Today is Milan and I have to say, Im not impressed. The hotel is a 5 star so its really really nice but its inside a ...

The room was exceptionally spotlessed. I feel gratified thinking what I got my money's worth. Wonderful! The Hotel Marriott only just upgraded with modern appliances. Optimal location. Cordial staff and service. It has a parking space. This resort offered ...

... . Next we walked up to Pinacoteca La Brera - the Brera Art Gallery.  It was "chiuso lunedi" - closed Mondays.  Much of Milan is chiuso lunedi, we discovered.  But we added to our ever expanding Italian vocabulary once we figured that out. Then we ...

YEAH it's Wednesday!!! Nicole, Caitie, and Emily arrived at 2:00pm!! I headed over to the Marriott, where they were staying (which is a block from my place), and brought over some walnut and honey appetizers (which they devoured). They looked tired. ...

... know that my grandpa's cousin, Giulio who lives in Milan, and his daughter Florinda, and his niece's husband Alfredo were at the Marriott and wanted to meet me. My roommate Anna came with me, we were going food shopping after. But anyway, Giulio doesn't ...

... with the owner, Mario and his brother Sandro. Now when we go by there, they always wave! I went to dinner at the Marriott again with my parents, this time Giulio and Alfredo joined us. We did pretty communicating. Alfredo is going to come to my ...

... the computers took a while, but while, but it works and we can check our mail at least once a day. I went to the Marriott again tonight, this time Giulio brought his wife Anna Maria, his daughter Florinda, and Alfredo and his wife Mafalda, it was like ...

Once again, we got up super early. boarded the subway, and headed into the city.  Breakfast again was brioche and fruit, and again was delicious.  We headed toward the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazia to see if we could get tickets to see Da ...

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Breakfast is $15/person at the Marriott, so we walked across the street to a strip mall and found a shop called "teapot" to desayunar (eat breakfast).  Kate and Alex got waffles with fresh fruit.  Josh ordered an omlette and Mom got a croissant ...

... ago (where we got id'd evertime) we had been looking forward to. Unfortunately it didnt happen but we did get to see spurs beat AC Milan, oh and Jerry Springer, who walked past us in to the bar with an entourage of people.  The stench in the bar was ...

... the shore of Lake Erie.  It was a quick three day visit, but I had a chance to take a very brief side trip to Milan, Ohio, the birthplace of Thomas Edison.  Mr. Edison's home is small and quaint.  I found it interesting that you could pay ...

... while, lots of football (soccer) fans were walking past and Trystan told us that a big game was being played there today, Inter Milan vs. Bayern Munich. People were just wild!   We headed back to our hotel to drop off Trystan’s bag and then went ...

... us..... nothing special. I can't believe people queue for this stuff! We then continued on the antique F tram (originally from Milan, Italy), to the Powell Street cable car turnaround. It was cool to see the cable car operators physically turn the cable ...

... to Guayaquil, and from there we took another bus to Cuenca.  We split up when we got into town, and I didnīt find a Marriott but I did find a nice hotel in the center of town.  Finally some normal accommodations!  I splurged on a private ...

... . (Okay, the Italians would probably call them suburbs.) Once in Milan, I took the subway to the stop near our hotel, the Marriott Grand, and checked in. We had a great room, with a great view. And the bathroom had a bidet! We felt so European. ...

... a conduit for burning the clutch. Luckily the Marriott was fairly well signposted. This was our second stay at a Marriott hotel during the trip; the first being in Milan. I make the special mention because we were able to stay free of charge thanks to the ...