Renaissance Toronto Hotel

... in, eh? We also found a great local pub full of drunken Irishmen and Brits. Talk about a great way to spend your last night in Toronto! When I was away from the conference (and not visiting my local pub), I did make it to a Blue Jays game and visited ...

We arrived into Toronto around 8PM, checked into the overnight hotel, and then drove our car to Becky's nearby friend Kristin's house.  She is letting us park the car at her place, to save 26 days of airport parking fees.  (Becky says that means ...

... , I had to ask Lawrie who she was, but hey- a celebrity is a celebrity). Just came back to the hotel (the lovely Marriott Renaissance), which is conveniently located right next to the huge baseball dome- actually, the hotel is built IN TO the baseball ...

Do not eat breakfast at this hotel....super expensive.  I think we spent $15 for 2 bagels! It was very difficult to say goodbye to Greg today.  Leaving the hotel on the airport shuttle I couldn't help but to think "What I am doing???" ...

... I do love a truly terrible theme restaurant sometimes and Medieval Times is rather like going to a family meal with your own private Renaissance Fair. On arrival you are issued with a seat number and more importantly a knight to cheer for. We are given ...

... inconvenience factors, and my decision was made. I joined the queue of vehicles waiting to board the newest BC Ferry, Coastal Renaissance for the 1 hour- 45 minute trip to Nanaimo. The ferry is a wonder; huge, comfortable, with first-rate catering and ...

... The chateau was cared for by series of royal women and it is considered to be the purest surviving example of the French Renaissance. We enjoyed our visit to Chenonceau. We didn't rush our self-guided tour and peeped into every possible room, nook and ...

... am sorry to be leaving this lovely city. Starting with our dinner... We had been told about an Indonesian restaurant by a friend in Toronto called Sama Sebo.  During the afternoon, we decided we would try to find it.  We had a name, but no address. ...

Well, one schlepp down and two more to go, not including NY to Toronto!   I am writing from the Chopin airport in Warsaw.  Today was a bit of a panic.  We awoke late and had a casual breakfast ( delicious muesli again!) at the hotel, packed and ...

... , it might make sense...). Shuffling my feet, trying to make the night last as long as possible, I dragged myself back to the Renaissance. I lay in bed and tweeted with a couple of TDF friends, and eventually fell asleep mid-tweet, the TV still on, at ...

... ghetto poster there, after surviving being smushed in my backpack for a week. Princess Chulaborn (conference organizer) is quite the renaissance woman. In addition to her royal duties, she is a scientist and heads a research institute, and (this ...

... the audio tour thing and were doing really well for a while. Unfortunately, since neither one of us has a huge interest in Renaissance art it was difficult to continue once we reached that area. We grabbed a quick lunch and then walked down to Notre Dame ...

... March 31, April 1 - 2 days in Florence I've reserved a ticket for the Uffizi gallery that has the Medici collection of Renaissance paintings:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uffizi.  They only let a limited number of people in at a time, so ...

... be a building/art gene, that has obviously expressed itself maximally in the Italians. Just look at Roman civilization, the Renaissance and downtown Toronto. Of course Venice is no longer an Italian city. It is a world city because of its massive ...

... of Outside devoted to travel. Opening to a random page, here's the first piece of copy that caught my eye: Renaissance funhogs, brace yourselves: This trip, combining three days of mountain biking with five days of whitewater rafting on the Colorado ...

... that the news reports Detroit's share of the US car market dropping below 50% for the first time in history, GM's 'Renaissance Center' 70-odd storey HQ dominates this city, reminding you that despite one million residents having deserted Detroit over the ...

... what they are when you come over!      After 3 nights at the Park Hyatt we moved to the Renaissance for a night, which I was able to get using my Marriott points.  The hotel reminded me fondly of my past business travels, a ...

... ) to France instead 2) I realized that I had enough Marriott "frequent guest" points to stay three nights at the Renaissance Paris Vendome hotel, for free (regular rate: over 650 Euros a night...) 3) Through Facebook, I reconnected, about two months ago, ...

... in its austerity. In the middle of this, the church stands proudly, revealing its long evolution through the Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance styles that are all evident. The inside is relatively simple - it was apparently plundered many times over the ...