The Mosaic Hotel

A brief getaway to Los Angeles was a blast. We stayed at the Mosaic Hotel in Los Angeles, across the street from that lady on Dr. 90210 plastic surgery place. This hotel is with out a doubt a treasure. I think everyone that worked at the hotel knew my name ...

... para algumas caipirinhas num bar localizado no margem do rio que atravessa a cidade. Os amigos dele trabalham numa empresa que se chama Mosaic e por isso poderam contar algumas coisas sobre a região em relação ao uso e ao clima. Dizeram que na região ...

... treated as an afterthought. This is my fourth time in Italy, and I'm positive I've been served the same breakfast in each hotel: something that looks like a croissant but that has an odd apricot-y sort of flavor; a plain white roll; some spreads to mask ...

... very aware of the fact that this was our last three days in paradise, so we checked into Arimana, a pretty luxurious air conditioned hotel resort with a pool and free breakfast, and went out for a brief walk to get something to eat, followed by the two ...

... and it was a bee hive of activity with the air filled with flour. When we arrived in Gaziantep we stopped at the Zeugma Mosaic Museum and saw some spectacular Roman Mosaics taken from the ancient Roman site at Zeugma.  Zeugma was an ancient city of ...

... stepping on the mosaic, but as he did so so readily, soon we were excitedly roaming the entire floor discovering different mosaic picture - trees, faces, gazelles, foxes etc. Fascinating stuff, especially when he used a sponge to clear off the thick ...

... amp; lapis necklace & bracelet.  We looked at the outdoor cafe but it was drizzling so we headed straight to the Mosaic Museum. The museum is the home to the Byzantine mosaic floor of the Great Palace of Constantinople which was probably built by ...

... was off to be driven to our first stop Madaba. We only had 30 minutes in Madaba and the main attraction is a large Byzantine mosaic map of the holy land inside the Greek Orthodox Basilica of Saint George dating from around the 6th Century. We went in, we ...

... stands to one side of the excavations, protecting the remains of a 5th century public building, with a large and intricate mosaic floor. Some believe the room was used for festival rituals involving a celebration of water, and possibly covering the floor ...

... Riad Dar Dmana.  It is absolutely stunning!  We have a huge king-size room, lavishly decorated with hand-painted mosaic flooring and gorgeous, antique Moroccan furniture.  The bathroom is also quite large, with more mosaic tiling, a huge ...

... was made in the mid-6th century. When clearing a former site of an old church in order to build a new one, the mosaic map was uncovered.  Unfortunately during construction of the new church the map was badly damaged.  But much survives.  ...

... job, its not about engaging with the culture. Spent much of the afternoon in the tourist corner of Madaba looking for that perfect mosaic to take home (a nice historical scene, made from stone, not too heavy and not overpriced) even went out to the ...

... as Zoe was in fact married to three emperors. One theory is that she had the head of her consort altered in the mosaic each time she acquired a new spouse. Another beautiful mosaic which dates from around 1260 shows Christ flanked by the Virgin Mary and ...

... acceptable. Head out quickly, following the stream of French toward the main attraction, St George’s Church, with its famous Byzantine mosaic map of the holy land. Beat the 6 PM closing deadline and look around the church and take photos of the ...

... with sand and then paved over, in order to preserve the ancient mosaics. It was only a few years ago that the mosaic floors were discovered, hence their unblemished condition. He lead us to a smaller church outside, and we walked through the arched ...

... big as most countries otherwise, I’m not really up on religion, but there are lots of churches shown in Jerusalem on the mosaic Another thing I never knew was that Greek was the spoken language for some 450 years in the area, before the others came ...

... last of the artisans completed their works. Its splendour is said to be mainly due to the beauty of its seven-colour mosaic tiles and calligraphic inscriptions. Like the Jameh Mosque, it has a four iwan design and comprises four minarets, 42 meters ...

... absolutely blew me away was a series of tables on which there are thousands of  tiny pieces of what was once a brilliant mosaic wall. There are people putting this mosaic back  together one piece at a time (like a jigsaw puzzle) and the work ...

... The mosaics were in situ from the excavation of the long-lost Grand Palace and they were extraordinary. The large floor mosaic was surprisingly intact and much more interesting than the mosaics we had previously seen, with diverse subject matter including ...

... Mount Nebo, which most people believe is the final resting place of Moses, to see the memorials and view, and one at a mosaic workshop for a small demonstration and a large amount of time drooling over the wonderful mosaics we could buy with a spare few ...

... drove into Madaba, a suburb of Amman, and after driving around its one-way streets for a while, we finally found our hotel, the Mosaic City Hotel. We checked in, tried to contact Lindsay, and then crashed. In the morning, we drove back to the airport to ...