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InterContinental Geneva has the views

I have always wondered why places are called different names in different languages? I wanted to title this piece InterContinental Geneve, like the sign reads on the hotel wall. Since I write primarily for an American audience, I figured I

Hilton London Heathrow Terminal 4

In London Heathrow Terminal 4 with 90 minutes to kill before I could check my bag for an Air France flight to Paris, I followed the signs inside the terminal showing Hilton Hotel. Terminal 4 is the main terminal for

InterContinental Le Grand Hotel, a storied institution of Paris

There are two InterContinental Hotels in Paris with InterContinental Le Grand Hotel Paris across the street from Palais Garnier, the Paris Opera and InterContinental Paris Avenue Marceau, near the Arc de Triomphe. Most of the reviews I have read comparing

Liberté and free nights in Paris

This is not a hotel review of InterContinental Le Grand Paris, although I begin this piece with information past and present about the hotel. My hotel review with photos will follow in a subsequent post. This piece is more about

AAdvantage ExPlat fast-track Diary Day 26 – Ready, Set, Go to London and Paris

What a week! The last time I was this out of it from sickness during travel was February 2011, when I came down with the flu while staying in Washington, D.C. One night during that trip when burning up with

Club Carlson Radisson Blu Warwick Philadelphia 70,000 points ‘With Love from Philly’ promotion

Club Carlson has a great deal for a hotel stay at Radisson Blu Warwick Philadelphia for stays from September 23 to February 29, 2016 using the With Love from Philly bonus points offer. Stay two nights, earn 10,000 bonus points

Outside looking in Brno, Czech Republic

When I look at the top sites listed on the city map of Brno for tourists, I saw them all. I did not tour any of them. I walked two days outside around the city, and saw most of the

Get high with the locals in Bergen, Norway

My first visit to Bergen was September 9, 2014 one year ago today. I came to the city on Norway’s west coast in the heart of fjord land last year to hang out and hike for a week. Statistically, September

My account has been upgraded to AAdvantage Gold after 6,000 EQM this week

This past week I flew three flight segments from Orange County SNA airport in California to Copenhagen, Denmark via Chicago and Dusseldorf. These flights represent the first one-way segments to Europe in my quest to earn American Airlines AAdvantage Executive

AAdvantage Executive Platinum 30K Challenge – Day 1 California to Dusseldorf 5,956 EQM

After one day of American Airlines flights, I am 20% of the way through my American Airlines AAdvantage Executive Platinum 30,000 EQM Fast-Track Challenge. My two qualifying American Airlines flight segments were Orange County SNA to Chicago ORD and Chicago