Showing posts with label Accommodations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Accommodations. Show all posts

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Landing in London



Mr. C has done it again.

We landed in London today, after nearly 24 hours of travel;




It was a short ride from the airport 
to our lovely boutique hotel ~ The Egerton House.  


Just 28 rooms, each beautifully and uniquely appointed.  I feel like I'm staying in the guest room of a wonderful (and wealthy) friend, instead of just another (luxury) hotel.    

The roses are from my Mr. C.  He never fails to do this when we travel abroad. It's pretty special to feel this special.



We're in a beautiful old neighborhood, lots of brick and lots of green.  Lots of expensive cars -- we see Maserati's, Ferrari's, Bentley's; even a Rolls Royce.  We are amazed. 

Until Mr. C stops to look at real estate prices (as is always his habit when we travel) in this neighborhood ~ and we discover that a "flat" here sells for a mere 4.2 million ~ and for that you get an entire 1200 square feet ~ but no garage.  
Which means you have to park your Ferrari on the street. 

 No lie.



So it's no wonder that, in this neighborhood, our hotel is the kind of place that not only leaves chocolates on the pillow.....



But also leaves candle-lit chocolate covered strawberries....



And roses petals flung across the bed........................




And floating in the bathtub...................  


Heated towel bars.  Tea and crumpets waiting in the drawing room.  The drawing room with a library.  

My Mr. C ~  When it comes to romance, he's a Rock Star.


And somehow, he's scored a reservation for tonight at the #1 rated restaurant in London.  Out of 20,306 restaurants. 

That's  #1 out of twenty thousand + restaurants.
(I wanted to be sure you got that.)  

You have to make reservations weeks, if not months ahead. Yet somehow, while I'm napping off the rest of my overnight-flight sleeping pill, and a bit of my jetlag, he scores us a reservation at The Five Fields Restaurant.   For an hour from now.  I'm sure there's a blog story in there somewhere.

It's looking to be a lovely week in London.


Saturday, September 12, 2015

Casa Andina Private Collection




We are in Arequipa, staying at the Casa Andina Private Collection  ~ a restored Colonial Manor from 1794.

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

City With An Old Soul ~ Prague, Czech Republic


We are starting our Eastern Europe trip with a week in Prague.  I'm not really sure what to expect, but I'm fully engaged from the moment we land and we're being offered grilled sausage (that's crispy grilled sausage) with a pretzel.  

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Sometimes It's a Surprise ~ In Ito, Japan



It's our final dinner @ the Ryokan in Ito. 

Sometimes, in a foreign country, dinner is a surprise. 

But sometimes it's still alive.

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Ito, Japan Day 2


Day 2 in Ito ~ Wait till you see what's for breakfast.  Oh wow.  And tonight's dinner tries to attempt the great escape.

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

The Ryokan Experience ~ Ito, Japan


After 5 days in Tokyo, we are arriving today in the little town of  Ito, down on the southern peninsula.

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Mille Miglia ~ Italy's Thousand Mile Race


Tomorrow is our last day in Tuscany, and we've been invited to attend Italy's most famous car race, the Mille Miglia.