Rosedale Hotel

... the sign isn't very big and you can never take your eyes off the road.  Then we drove round and round and round Rosedale Abbey and finally went into the pub.  There all of our problems were solved.  We got food and drink and ...

The Rosedale hotel, accommodation arranged by the tour company, was surprisingly nice. Because I was near the bar I had wifi. However, I was also near the bar, which was only loud when it came to them cleaning the dishes at the end of the night. The walls ...

... liked that to keep the Chinese pax in line. We got to the station and it was already dark. No taxi was available. Called the hotel but nobody could help. Eventually the rain died down and we managed to hail a cab. We shared the cab with two others. We ...

... on either side of the boulevard, and also on Apollolaan which had single family large brick homes reminiscent of Rosedale homes, although backing on a canal instead of ravines.  The International Sculpture Route Amsterdam is called Artzuid and I plan to ...

We packed up and left the Rosedale on Robson and went to the Pan Pacific hotel at Canada Place, where they have a hospitality area for the cruises.  We were able to leave our gear there to come back at 4pm for embarking.  We walked through some ...

... Perhaps it was all established to discourage the ravenous bargain hunters from leaving Hong Kong for the greener pastures of Shenzhen. Our hotel was right downtown only a stone's throw away from the shops at Causeway Bay and our room was on the 23rd ...

... a place in the Stanley Cup final.  There were lots of fans around town and a section of street was closed off near our hotel where fans could watch the game on a big screen outside of the local TV station.  The Canucks won in extra time and the ...

... back in Dec. to check it out some more. We stayed in Western Hong Kong - got in late and took the 'shuttle bus' to our hotel... big mistake since the whole thing took over 2 hours and we didn't get there until after midnight. We now know that the best way ...

... as I would have thought looking at fish would have felt a bit like work.  I must admit we did see some amazing sea life.  After eating in town we headed up to our hotel for the night which is a collection of cabins, only 200 yards from the ...

... through Stanley Park. We stopped off at the Aquarium and saw Beluga whales and fish feeding. Had lunch and walked back to the hotel. Sam stopped off at the Apple store. Later in the evening we walked to Chinatown for dinner. Today we went to Granville ...

... , although it may take a bit longer it leaves from central Seattle and arrives in central Vancouver a few minutes cab ride from our hotel.  The trip was very uneventful until we got to the Canadian board.  At the border we had to leave the bus ...