Royal Olympic

... my birthday at one of the most elegant Roof Gardens of Athens. The Ioannis Restaurant is on the highest spot of the Royal Olympic Hotel where we are staying. The highlight of this Roof Garden is the amazing view of the Acropolis footlight making it ...

3rd April I wanted a reason to visit the Olympic Village and now I have it - a visit to the Royal Easter Show - I'm not actually sure where the "Royal' bit comes in, but there you go!! I imagined this to be like Royal Cornwall and the like and I was ...

The Pool Area Of course it is winter here now, but the weather during our stay was fantastic. It was as if we had spring. I could not resist but asked to be permitted to go out to the swimming pool for some pictures. Get a picture of what it is like ...

Elegance, Style, Glamour and Luxury! The beautiful and luxurious hotel we are staying is just stunning that a few minutes after I take the photos in our room I am out to see everything. It is unbelievably beautiful with breathtaking views of the area ...

... for a few days. On hindsight it was a brilliant idea! Nick, who could make researching for places to stay on the internet an Olympic sport, had found us a wonderful B&B behind a pub. All looking a little tired and slightly - only slightly - less glam, ...

... Columbia I went on a boat. What a beautiful little city. The boat ride over was nice too. Toured the waterfront,went to the Royal Museum and had a few beers dockside. I very nice day indeed. Checkout the pics and enjoy. Tomorrow Im on the move again. ...

... from space between the old-growth forests in the park and the areas that have been cut, which is pretty much everything else on the Olympic Peninsula. My first stop in the rain forest was to see the Big Sitka spruce tree, which is right next to the road ...

... ; This would have to be one of the most beautiful olympic venues, especially being so close to the centre of town.  The olympic village area was quite controversial as it was in an undesirable area of town  and many people were moved out of the ...

... sampling? What will be considered essential and representative? Chinese icons, such as kungfu performances, may feature at the Olympic ceremonies. He has too much material and his headache is how to whittle down the long list of choices. ...

... gallery... but learning about the process was interesting. They do commemorative and collections coins here now (along with Olympic medals) coins for general circulation are now produced in Winnipeg (I think). From there I enter the ...

... the land.  Located next door is the Vodafone Arena, the Melbourne Tennis Ground (home of the Melbourne Cup), and Olympic Stadium, site of the 1956 Olympic Games.  Combined with the Botanical Gardens just across the Yarra River, this compendium ...

... it was a great way to reach Nova Scotia in only 3 hours!  The water-jet thrust from those engines could fill an Olympic swimming pool in 33 seconds! Lunenburg was our destination after a lunch of seafood chowder at the Seadog Cafe in the historic ...

... and could understand them when the conductor pronounced the names of the stations. Walking up to the gardens we saw the Olympic stadium. It is quite a spectacular building. The gardens had tulips and azaleas blooming but not much else. It is ...

... of development over the years. The Grand Palace is one of the main attractions so we spent the following day there.  It was a former royal residence so of course we had to visit.  The easiest way to get there is by boat taxi so we headed to the ...

... of development over the years. The Grand Palace is one of the main attractions so we spent the following day there.  It was a former royal residence so of course we had to visit.  The easiest way to get there is by boat taxi so we headed to the ...

... for one final night in another fancy pants place, again per Murray’s work entitlement!  Our room at the five-star Royal Olympic Hotel was great, and we had our own balcony with views of local Athens in the distance and the hotel pool below ...

... this entry. The photos are from our room. ############ The Ultimate of Discreet Luxury! We spent two unforgettable nights at the Royal Olympic Hotel when in Athens celebrating my birthday. The location is more than perfect away from the centre where the ...

... in Athens for my birthday, and we are to spend one day at our apartment at the Lycabettus Hill and 2 nights at the beautiful Royal Olympic Hotel opposite the Temple of Zeus. We firstly go to see the kids and spend some time with them reading and playing ...

... 1:30, we decided it was a good time to get some lunch. We had passed a restaurant named Mr. Burger’s right next to the Royal Olympic. Since there was nothing else that seemed close by, we headed back there. To our surprise, there were natives of the ...