Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Frank Gehry's hotel at the Marques de Riscal vineyards

Fantastic hotel in Elciega in La Rioja, northern Spain. This is truly an amazing site as you enter this old hill town, round a corner, and see this incredible creation sitting on the hill like a big Christmas present wrapped in multicolored bows. Stylin' rooms - love the Nespresso machine - great restaurant and wine. As for service, they would bring us warm milk every morning for our coffee. What more can I say.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Great surprise in our room


We got this great room at the Room Mate Alicia in Madrid for pretty cheap only to find that it included this fantastic outdoor space on the roof overlooking the plaza. Sometimes you get lucky.