After spending hours and hours over several weeks trying to make a reservation to get me down to Buenos Aires, and then having the airline cancel my reservation without telling me, and then spending more hours and hours getting them to reinstate my reservation, I was tempted to write a blog titled, "Why I Really, Really, Really Hate Dealing With Airlines."

However, my next phone encounter with United made me do a complete 180 and I've decided to blog about the exact opposite. ...

We needed a weekend to recharge and the LL package for the Park Hyatt Aviara in Carlsbad, Ca was priced right!

As we wound our way down the entry drive to the Park Hyatt Aviara, in our rental Mercury Grand Marquis (Enterprise offered a variety of much flasher vehicles, but we needed the trunk space for our 'cargo'), we both wondered what to expect.

The resort was previously operated as a Four Seasons, the last time we visited and we were still expecting exceptional ...

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In search of fine dining and gourmet food, we recently stayed t the Seehotel Überfahrt http://www.seehotel-ueberfahrt.com/ in Rottach-Egern at the Tegernsee in Bavaria/Germany
With an alpine backdrop that could easily launch a thousand postcards, Lake Tegernsee in Upper Bavaria is a stunning year-round destination for hikers, bikers, skiers and beer worshippers. Catering to well-traveled, wellness-oriented guests, Seehotel Überfahrt is more than just its stunning lakefront location, and ...

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In Search of Gourmet Food in Bavaria

In search of fine dining and gourmet food, we recently stayed t the Seehotel Überfahrt TEGERNSEE WELLNESS HOTEL, Hotel Tegernsee, Rottach-Egern in Rottach-Egern at the Tegernsee in Bavaria/Germany
With an alpine backdrop that could easily launch a thousand postcards, Lake Tegernsee in Upper Bavaria is a stunning year-round destination for hikers, bikers, skiers and beer worshippers. Catering to well-traveled, wellness-oriented guests, ...

My husband and I arrived at the Abano Grand Hotel in Abano, Italy,the day after we ran the
Trieste marathon on May 8, 2011. What a fabulous place to arrive after exhausting ourselves
for many hours of running and aching feet. This reminds me of an era long ago, where
elegance was expected of such a high caliber hotel. The lobby is magnificent, beautiful marble floors, chandeliers, elegant furniture from a period of time when fortunes were spent on
ornate furniture and ...