Things I loved here…. The Grande Hotel de Londres – Amazing place, loaded with history and a great crowd in the lobby. Wireless access, central location, strong tea, great decor and wonderful staff. (And they have great new carpeting in the lobby.) Hemmingway stayed here, so should you. Beyoğlu – This is the neighborhood where… (read more)
The driver of our tour bus (Omer, not to be confused with Omer, our tour guide) is one of the most beautiful men I have ever seen. I don’t know what he is doing driving a bus of tourists around Turkey. He should be a movie star. He smokes, like most Turks and I guess… (read more)
Blanche DuBois certainly knew what she was talking about. First of all let me say if you are staying at a hotel in the Notting Hill section of London, DO NOT LEAVE ON A SATURDAY MORNING! The world and its wife comes to an open air market on that day. Antiques dealers and pretend antiques… (read more)