Sophia International Hotel

... the magnitude of 1.3 billion people.     We flew to Qingdao and then got a cab to our hotel. A four star international hotel close to the festival.I was surprised how big the city was, so many apartment buildings and of course construction ...

... eating.’ A slogan America have incorporated into their daily lifestyle, judging by what I have seen whilst dining in IHOP (International House of Pancakes). My favourite bowel ad so far is for some pills called ‘Smooth Move’: make your ...

... minutes’ stroll from all these sites and eats! [By the way, once we were settled in our hotel room, we were alerted to a CNN International Breaking News story about a 6-story apartment building in Istanbul that just had collapsed.  Fortunately, ...

... (via Paris) (during which Bianca has now become obsessed with Twilight and I enjoyed Quantum of Solace) we arrived unscathed at Ataturk International Airport. We are staying in Sultanahmet (or "old town" I guess) at a little hotel called Apricot run by a ...

... it out ASAP as it is costing 30US a day to store. OK so we get my Bill of Lading, ownership papers, passport, international drivers licence, and the insurance photocopied for tomorrow. We arrange to meet back at the airport (Ezieza) at 9.30am in the ...

... lots of retail, some upscale.  I noticed a lot of Cyrillic and saw one car with Iranian plates so figured it was pretty international.  The streets weren’t well marked and I walked in circles for a bit.  It began to feel a bit seedier ...

... ;  We landed at LAX at 6.30am (4 and a half hours before we left Bris, thanks to the magic of the international date line). Following the tender ministrations of US customs and immigration, we were ready to head off to Disney by ...

... was interesting seeing people and hearing languages from all around the world while walking around—this is truly an international destination, and English is a minority language compared to all the other European/Asian languages we heard around us. ...

... to rain, then turned into a major downpour, completely soaking us.  Somehow, on the return boat, 3 high schoolers from the international school in Dubai jumped into our boat, since apparently 3 rented boats turned into 2 - definitely sank us closer to ...

... vol. 1 (freaking intense) A short plane ride to Sydney has me again waiting. It's a shuttle bus out to the international terminal, where you're met with a shopping-centre-sized duty free complex, complete with perfume, booze, towels, electronic goods and ...

... Hannover in Germany. After a smooth flight on a cigar shaped airplane (at least it had jet engines) with British Midlands International we arrived at Hannover International Airport and boarded a train to the city’s Hauptbahnhof (Central Station). ...

... which is the waterway that separates the city and the European and Asian continents. The Bosphorous waterway is open to all international sea traffic and is free of charge. It is surprisingly clean, given the size of the population that lives ...

... coats, scarves, t-shirts, jerseys, and tons more trinkets.  Thursday night we had to take our last final, International IQ, in the conference room at the hotel.  Once the exam was out of the way, it finally felt like the program was coming to an ...

... board! After a long night we arrived in Quito at 7 am the next morning. Plaza Grande in Old Town I found a nice hotel called the Viena International near Old Town. The rooms are small, clean, and it has a central courtyard and attached diner. It is ...

... napalm, and displayed jars of malformed fetuses preserved in formaldehyde. The least biased exhibit was that of the international photojournalists' work (Vietnamese, American, French, Japanese, etc). It was interesting to find out there had been female ...

... day. Mom has a cousin that has lived here for about 30 years and has a daughter, Wylla.  Wylla teaches ESL here at the International School and is also an author of a children's book.  She took the day off from school to show us around her Istanbul ...

... breakfast (twice, while staying only a single night).  After relaxing for some time I take the tram and metro to the international bus station called Otogar. There I quickly find out that there is a bus from the "Has" company running every day to ...

... and not much was in bloom but still a nice place for the most part to start the day. We made a quick stop at St. Sophia's Cathedral Complex before heading back so the girls could grab their stuff and make it to the train station. I'm going to miss them, ...