May 2006 - Tokyo & Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! I always knew there were going to be a few tough times and times that I wished I was in Sydney, but as expected I wouldn’t have changed the experience for the world, the good far outweighed the bad (and »
May 2006 - Tokyo & Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Last Supper at Four Seasons in Prague was delicious and probably the best meal of the trip. I had some juicy chicken that came with some melt in the mouth mash potato. I said in one of my earlier blogs that there »
May 2006 - Tokyo & Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With two more full days left of my trip I decided to see as much as possible, so I marked everything on the map and just like the Louvre I started crossing things out one by one. I started the morning by going »
May 2006 - Tokyo & Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I will admit to sleeping in on my first morning in Prague. With no plane to catch, bags to pack and not limited in time there was nothing I needed more. The plan was just to wander and see a few random sites »
May 2006 - Tokyo & Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I actually managed to have breakfast at the Hotel on Monday morning! I can see why it is popular, free food and a outlook onto the Radhuspladsen (City Square). I walked outside into the cold and intermittent rain, but I wasn’t going »
May 2006 - Tokyo & Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The perils of staying in a Hotel that offers free breakfast is that it significantly reduces the chances of you finding a table, or a chair, or a corner to sit against. There was things to do, places to go, and so minus »
May 2006 - Tokyo & Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shortly after my last post I started talking to a Canadian who was staying in the BNB. He asked if there were any Australians in the lounge room after making a comment I didn't hear. I put my hand up and »
May 2006 - Tokyo & Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I arrived in London on Tuesday afternoon and shortly after checking into the Hotel my feet were back in action. I walked to Buckingham Palace, up to Trafalgar Square, down Whitehall to the Big Ben and across to the London Eye. There is »
May 2006 - Tokyo & Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * of rooms opened in the Louvre the day I went: Approx. 411 * of rooms visited: 403 (Miss the arts of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas) * Hours spent in the Louvre: 6 straight, no break, no food. Within the first 10 minutes of »
May 2006 - Tokyo & Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The bed at the FS in Paris must have been good; sadly I slept in on my first and second day in Paris. I really hope this trend does not continue. It was 1030am before I managed to step out on the town »
May 2006 - Tokyo & Europe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * # of television channels available at George V: 74 * # of these channels that are Middle Eastern: 24 Today was the day that I moved onto Paris and started my morning by having breakfast in Faventia (the restaurant at the FS) where I had these »
