by David Brown | Jun 30, 2014 | Europe, Hotels, Ireland, Reviews, Travel Notes
It’s not often that an accommodation of any kind gets everything right, but O’Driscoll’s B&B in Glin, Co. Limerick, Ireland comes closer than any place we have stayed yet. It is located conveniently along the N69, the main route from Limerick to...
by David Brown | Jun 30, 2014 | Hotels, Italy, Reviews, Travel Notes
One of our recurring themes is to enjoy your travels like a native. We were therefore intrigued by the Ulivo Rosso, in Sesto Fiorentino, as it is a farmhouse in the Tuscan hills just a few km outside of Florence. We arrived with friends and to say we were not...
by David Brown | Jun 29, 2014 | Hotels, Italy, Reviews, Rome, Travel Notes
We can’t say enough good things about A San Pietro da Susy – this is a fantastic apartment in a great location that is beautifully furnished and well managed. Our taxi dropped us at the front door, and we were immediately greeted by the owner, who was out on...
by David Brown | Dec 1, 2013 | Americas, Hotels, News, Tennessee, Travel Notes, USA
Some may balk at this review of a hotel belonging to the lowest chain of the Hilton brand, but our experience with this particular Hampton Inn has always been more like coming home than staying in a hotel. We’ve stayed at this hotel in the past, and we always enjoyed...
by David Brown | Nov 27, 2013 | Hotels, Travel Notes
On a recent trip to Europe, we decided to give Holiday Inn Express a second try. We’d not been too impressed by the chain in the past, but in some locations there were convenient properties that seemed to be good value. We booked through the site as usual, and...
by David Brown | Oct 22, 2013 | Germany, Hotels, News, Reviews, Travel Notes
Somewhere in Europe, there is a little guy running around selling hotels the most flawed internet access system ever known to man, and he must be pretty good because we now see it everywhere. If you go into a hotel and they hand you a little piece of paper with a...
