response 1 of 76:

Jul 3 00:25 UTC 1994

I stayed in the "Great Northern" in London, England.  What a nice area,
Kings Cross.  I could look out my windown any time past 10pm and see 3-4
hookers, pimps, and drug dealers.  It also had heated towel racks.
Wierd.

response 3 of 76:

Jul 3 00:45 UTC 1994

I have never stayed in the Mark Hopkins, but I have been there. It's very
cool. I ate dinner at the "Top of the Mark" on the penthouse floor.
A world famous restuarant, and justly so.

I think the most unusual hotel I have ever stayed at is one I visited with
my father when I was 15. That would be in 1960. In the colorful port town
of Willemstad, Curacao. This is a Dutch island in the Caribbean, near
the coast of Venezuela. I cannot remember the name of the place, but it
was built into the city walls like a fort. I remember the windows
looking out to sea from our room were portholes!

The entire city suffered major damage during labor strife-related rioting
shortly after that. I do not know what happened to the place, and I have never
had the chance to go back, but it was a truly amazing place then.

response 5 of 76:

Jul 3 04:29 UTC 1994

I'm going to stretch this a bit, but one of the most interesting places I
stayed was in northern Scotland at Carbisdale Castle, which had/has been
converted into a youth hostel.  I'm sure that there are castle purists that
were/are horrified that a castle would be put to such a use, but it really
was a unique experience...  Nope, there weren't any ghosties/beasties to
drag us off to the dungeon in the middle of the night!  :-)

response 7 of 76:

Jul 3 05:00 UTC 1994

(I remember really liking the Embassy Suites Hotel in St. Louis. I wish I
could remember what it was I liked so much...)

response 9 of 76:

Jul 3 13:12 UTC 1994

re: 6: I've stayed in that hotel before; I was there in '86 or so.
 
When traveling on business, I enjoy hotels with great rooms and distinctive
service.  I like the Palmer House in San Jose or San Fransisco, I like the
Drake in Chicago.  Usually, I find myself in a chain hotel.  They're mostly
pleasant but indistinguishable from one another.  If I've been traveling 
for a while, I sometimes have to look at my Day Timer to see what city I'm in.


In the mid-70's, I spent about a week in a hostel called "The Active
University" in downtown Copenhagen.  What was most memorable was the large
communal bathroom, with a giant sauna attached.  It was a little weird
taking a shower or a leak simultaneously with 40 other young men and women,
but the nightly group sauna was tremendous fun.


When Aaron was about 18 months old, the three of us were visiting friends in
Toronto...and ended up in the only hotel room left in the city -- at a little
love hotel along west Lakeshore Drive.  We had a teeny tiny room, with no
space to walk if the travel crib was set up.  Luann and I thought the
room was pretty silly, but Aaron really enjoyed bouncing on the waterbed
while watching himself in the ceiling mirror.

I recall staying at a hostel on top of a cliff along the Atlantic shore
in Bergen, Norway.  One got there by cable car.  I can't recall the
hostel very clearly...probably because the train trip between Oslo and
Bergen is 5 hours of incredibly fabulous scenery: fiords, tundra, waterfalls,
forests, fiords, waterfalls....
 

response 11 of 76:

Jul 3 15:33 UTC 1994

Well, the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island is kind of cool, and I've stayed in
a few resort hotels that were fairly neat, but all in all my favorite night
accomodations were in campsites.

response 13 of 76:

Jul 3 18:57 UTC 1994

This item has surprised me in that, despite all my travels, I have no
vivid recollections of particular hotels. My parents stayed in hotels
when travelling, and I can recall the long halls, and lobbies, etc.,
but since I've been on my own, with rare exceptions, I've stayed at
motels, or camped, or stayed in private homes. I have intentionally
avoided hotels, as I did not want to have, or pay for, all that glitz
and unwanted attention. I did stay in small hotels throughout Europe
when the weather was too bad for camping and I knew no one to stay with,
but most of those were nondescript. I do recall *arriving* once, though
at Carcassonne (France), by motorcycle, as one of the most spectacular
storm buildups I have ever seen approached. The surrounding countryside
is hilly and rural, and Carcassonne is a medieval walled city: the
whole impression was wild and medieval. I barely made it to a hotel,
before the sky opened. The storm was marvelous. But the hotel? 

response 15 of 76:

Jul 5 02:38 UTC 1994

isn't there a travel cf?  might linking be appropriate?

response 17 of 76:

Jul 6 00:56 UTC 1994

Don't forget the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo, CA, which is famous along 
the West Coast for its decorating schemes.  I've never stayed there, but 
I've seen some of the public areas and the postcard photos of the rooms. 

response 19 of 76:

Jul 7 00:26 UTC 1994

Anyone know anything about the Bell Tower Hotel here in AA?  It looks
kind of quaint.

response 21 of 76:

Jul 20 17:33 UTC 1994

Well, It may not have been the most interesting hotel, but I had the most
interesting time their. On my first visit to virginia, I got my own room. Being
a simple country boy from where I've never had to lock anything (yes, there are
still such places) I had little experience with key carrying. First time I left
my room, five minutes after we arrived, I locked my key in. so I went to the
desk and asked for them to open my room. But, since a different person than my
self had rentedom,  I couldn't get in for an hour.

response 23 of 76:

Jul 24 14:51 UTC 1994

Eh, The most interesting hotel that I ever stayed at was in Florida, and Daya
beach. It was round and every floor was having a party. My freinds and I had
been driving for most of the night and arivedat Daytona abog. It was
interesting to say the least.