The Elms Hotel

... white knuckles hanging onto their seats with a look of terror on their faces. After this ordeal we treated ourselves to a nice boutique hotel for a few nights which was lucky because the rain did not stop for three days solid! This was the last thing we ...

... before my last dinner in Japan.  What should I have?  Where should I go?   I am contemplating going to the hotel restaurant....what a cop-out.  Hmmm, maybe I should go back to the food court and have some of the fish-shaped ...

... Don't WORRY", smiled Vita “You will have NO problems”. This sounded a bit familiar. Vita assured us that the Hyatt Hotel would exchange money. Well, that day it didn’t. Then we reluctantly tried an ATM which told us there was no Visa ...

... - a combination of lunch and tea. We also bought some food for later sustenance. By the time we had walked back to the hotel, I was totally exhausted! BUT we had had a wonderful day seeing so many new things, and being outdoors in the balmy summer ...

... little English, which was fine because we just wanted to taste wine at this point.   This place was also a large hotel and, although stunning visually, lacked the charm of the smaller vineyards like St. Michel we had visited prior to the Cave that ...

... ! I need to live more cheaply, but I felt a bit like celebrating after getting back to the land of Pater Familias (nice hotel, nice dinner, nice nightcap, why not?). Mike, if I can, I'll try to get a Coddington T shirt tomorrow! Quick 'author' ...

... happen so close to the Swiss border. But no sushi, no Pachinko and no drunken Tokyo salarymen heading from an Izakaya to a Love Hotel. Maybe Como isn't as great as I thought... Italy is quickly coming to an end and I have no idea whatsoever where I am ...

... ;Still though, four days in a car is exhausting.  We checked into the Prairie Oasis with just enough energy left to try the hotel's super swirly water slide and a swim in the heated pool - feels so good to swim after sitting in a hot car for ...