Palermo Guest House

... !) even picked us up, and brought us to our room, telling us all about Siracusa on the way. It was so nice to stay in a guest house rather than a hostel for once, and it was on a cute little street right on the ocean. Then Delia and Carlo were even so ...

... . Plus many others. It is a fantastic City. Finally our accommodation. We stayed in the Cabrera Garden Guest House - in the Palermo Hollywood barrio. Run by Robert and Norman (predominantly Robert, who is Polish), this is an amazingly decorated ...

... /Roman/Byzantine site near his home town called Sabratha then pootled on to Tripoli where we stayed at the travel agency's guest house.     Sun 11th   Walked around Tripoli (lots of Gaddaffi billboards, old town, souk, couple of ...

... boutique hotel but $240, so head for Hotel Costa Rica, a larger 30 room hotel, but find Zentrum, an older 3-room family guest house, which has a fair ensuite room available for $80. Dianne is reluctant to pay half up-front, as still hoping for something ...

... and a guy from the U.S. who lives in Spain. We shared some beers and talked for a few hours in the living room of the guest house. The next day (Jan 5), Andy and I rented bicycles from the HI hostel and headed to the beaches. It got up to 40 degrees ...

... to Panama City and then we will be back in Costa Rica two hours later.  We are anxious to see the progress with the guest house and of course to see Choco.  We have a couple days to get organized before our friend Michelle comes down for two ...

... of water channels, many of which have become island weekend retreats for the portenos (inhabitants of BA). We stayed in a beautiful guest house run by the very welcoming Ale, which had two friendly dogs (Picasso - young and slobbery - and ...

... Gallegos) with Aerolineas Argentinas. The flight left 2 hours late and it seemed a long day between when 07h00 when we left the guest house by taxi in Ushuaia for the airport to when we finally got through the snarled up traffic to the Marbella Hotel ...

... buses clambering to a shuddering halt outside our window regularly the sound of birds and the cool breeze were a welcome retreat. In Palermo the streets are wider, greener and the shops are more up-market - think Sloane square. Although on the fringes ...

... by a computer to register for classes.  On our fourth and final day in Buenos Aires, we took the subte (aka subway) to Palermo, a charming burrow of BA and visited the zoo and botanical gardens.  Following these, we decided to top off our final ...

... ended up getting a taxi with her from the airport via her apartment in San Telmo before heading to my hostel in Palermo, Palermo House. So basically I'd landed on my feet straight away. The first image I was struck by were all the amazing beautiful ...

... and that tomorrow if I returned the shop would no longer be there. Bed. Sleep. Next morning I am joined by a new house guest, a Washington diplomat. He is dressed in a camouflage jacket and always carries a red superman bag with him. He shows me ...

... , it didn’t seem to be a very good deal.  I set off and walked via the Botanical gardens to Palermo Hollywood to find a charming house and a room which was immediately available.  So I made the epic journey (2 blocks) back to Home Hotel, ...

... we enjoyed our stroll. The zoo was across the street and so was the small Plaza Italia with a glamorous statue. This barrio, Palermo, looks a lot like Paris. We finally reached Groove Palermo and there was such a long line for ticketek but there are only ...

... in posting I'm going to combine a few days worth of activity. Lucas and his family generously let me stay in the guest room in his house. They live in Belgrano, a residential area, very leafy, near some universities not far from the center. I thought he ...