Visitors to Amsterdam with a sense of humor might like the Lloyd Hotel Amsterdam (Oostelijke Handelskade 34, 1019 BN Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS; phone +31 [0] 20 561 3636, fax 3600 or visit www.lloydhotel.com).
In FRANCE, we chose the Churchill Hotel (14-16 rue Saint Jean, 14400 Bayeux, France; phone +33 2 31 21 31 80, fax 2 31 21 41 66 or visit www.hotel-churchill.fr.
My husband and I stayed at the Duodo Palace Hotel (Calle Minelli San Marco, 1887/1888, 30124 Venezia, ITALY; phone +39 041 5203329, fax 041 2415940, www.duodopalacehotel. com), April 10 and April 18-19, 2007.
My friend Kathy, a computer whiz, went online and checked locations and ratings from the past guests for bed-and-breakfasts in ITALY. For our March ’07 trip we stayed in Rome, Naples and Venice, and all three B&Bs were great and affordable.
We spent a week in Reykjavik, Iceland, in July ’06. Reykjavik was a most pleasant adventure and surprise. We walked up and down and all over the town — lots of steep hills!
My husband, daughter and I traveled to northern Spain for 16 days, April 23-May 9, 2007. We’d all been to Spain and Portugal quite a few times and always stayed in paradores or pousadas.
