REVIEW | InterContinental Porto – Palacio das Cardosas

As an annual habit my boyfriend and I gift each other a weekend getaway as a birthday present. The first year I gifted a trip to Le Sanglier des Ardennes in Durbuy in the Belgian Ardennes as in 2021 COVID restrictions still kept us inside of Belgium. In 2022 I took him to London as…

REVIEW | InterContinental Montreal

In May and June 2023, we travelled from east to west across Canada. From Halifax in Nova Scotia to Montreal in Quebec, to Toronto in Ontario, to Vancouver and Whistler in British Columbia. Along the way some night trains and commuter trains, the Niagara Falls and – imagine this – a bus journey. A true…

REVIEW | InterContinental Paris Le Grand

For my boyfriend’s 30th birthday I wanted to do something special and magical. As he had never visited Paris I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to visit the ‘Romantic‘ City of Lights. After hearing my friend Michel‘s raving stories of the InterContinental Paris Le Grand before it´s grand renovation I figured it was…

REVIEW | InterContinental Wien

Autumn 2021. In theory we could travel to other continents, but destinations we had in mind such as Japan or the United Kingdom were impossible to plan ahead. Instead we organised a rail trip to Eastern Europe, travelling to Berlin, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Karlovy Vary, Pilsen, Bratislava, Poprad, Vienna, Linz and Salzburg. By travelling to Germany,…

REVIEW | A post-Covid stay at InterContinental London – The o2

A few years ago Timothy stayed at the InterContinental London – The o2 and had an absolutely fantastic experience. As I was looking for a nice place to stay to celebrate my boyfriend’s birthday he immediately recommended the hotel for us to stay at. Combined with my experiences at other InterContinental hotels I expected to…

Berlin 2021

Autumn 2021. In theory we could travel to other continents, but destinations we had in mind such as Japan or the United Kingdom were impossible to plan ahead. Instead we organised a rail trip to Eastern Europe, travelling to Berlin, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Karlovy Vary, Pilsen, Bratislava, Poprad, Vienna, Linz and Salzburg. By travelling to Germany,…

REVIEW | InterContinental Berlin

Autumn 2021. In theory we could travel to other continents, but destinations we had in mind such as Japan or the United Kingdom were impossible to plan ahead. Instead we organised a rail trip to Eastern Europe, travelling to Berlin, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Karlovy Vary, Pilsen, Bratislava, Poprad, Vienna, Linz and Salzburg. By travelling to Germany,…

AUSTRALIA 2020 | Hotels in Sydney and Melbourne

After literally years of planning, we travelled to Australia to visit Sydney, to cruise to the Pacific Ocean territories of New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji and to hop over to Melbourne. The year was 2020 and it was just before the pandemic.