Hotels in Paris

Later that day, Wicked was the play I got to see at the Apollo Victoria theater. It had to be the most amazing play that I had ever seen. After that, I packed my suitcase again; ready to leave my small hotel room for Paris, France. My friend and I chased pigeons all around the train station headed for Paris. After an extremely long four hours on the train, I arrived, but it was not as I would have expected it too…

and quick before our transportation took us to Paris. These worrisome thoughts bombarded when I looked up. The gang had ventured back to the hotel after an hour spent on tired legs with heads pounding from sleeplessness, while I lollygagged behind. Neon lights of a shop beckoned like heaven’s gates opening above. There it was! The first ice cream shop! Zoinks! I had solved this mystery…or so I thought before rough hands ushered me inside the hotel claiming curfew was nearing us. Disappointed,…

left at 4pm out of JFK and had a layover in Amsterdam which took about 8 hours. When we landed there the sun was rising, causing the sky to be pink and purple. It was beautiful. The actual flight to Paris took 45 minutes. Once we landed, we met our tour guide, David, and went straight to the hotel. After we got all situated, we made our way to the train station, where we would take a train to the city. When we were actually in the city and out of the train car, I was shocked. Everything was…

of the City of Lights over the top of the Eiffel Tower in the nighttime. France is a mystical country full of life that can be experienced and explored through the eyes, ears, tongue, and feet. “The World's’ Largest Grave”, the Catacombs of Paris are sure to send a chill down your spine. Holding the remains of over…

CONTINENTAL HOTEL, SAIGON Refreshing breath for a haunted old life CONTINENTAL HOTEL: A FORGOTTEN BRAND THAT HAS RECENTLY BEEN REVITALIZED Being stacked with 900 hotels around the city (Anderson, 2014), Saigon has long been losing its attention to the oldest hotel in town: The Hôtel Continental. Back to 1880, this building, which is now known as Continental Hotel, was constructed by the French during their colonial period in Vietnam (Asia Life Magazine, 2013). The hotel’s name was taken…

Over three thousand years ago, a bloody battle was waged between Greece and he powerful city of Troy. This battle was ignited by the sudden abduction of Queen Helen of Sparta by Prince Paris of Troy. Helen and Paris were star-crossed lovers, in which, nobody could separate them. You could compare them to the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet, where the Montagues and Capulets fought, again, sparked by the love of two young lovers. Back in mythological times, Zeus, the father of the gods and god…

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