The highlight of the trip was being able to jump into Sainte-Mere-Eglise along with troops from the 82nd Airborne Division, 173rd Infantry Regiment and many of our allied airborne partners. It was an early morning rise at 0430 and on to manifest. We then took buses to Cherbourg, the site of the airfield from which…
(by Andy) I had to go to Chicago in April for Emergency Medicine boards, and decided to try out some different hotels. One of the ones I’d read about was the Waldorf Astoria Chicago. I knew my per diem wouldn’t cover it, so I booked it on a points & money rate, which fortunately was available,…
(This is Andy) After our awesome but rain-soaked trip to Vietnam, we decided to go to our favorite city in the world, Hong Kong. Mostly we went because we love the ambiance, food and people, and have some friends there, but also because I had two free nights from the Citi Hilton Reserve that were…
(By Andy) After our lovely stay in Danang, we were initially only go to Saigon for a layover en route to Hong Kong. But with our Halong Bay trip cancelled, we had 3 more days to explore Saigon, which is awesome. Also, the weather was much warmer than in Hanoi or Danang; it was mercifully…
(by Andy) In the previous post I talked about the hotel and resort itself, and in this post I’ll review La Maison 1888, their Michelin-starred restaurant, and their exclusive lounge at Danang (DAD) airport. First, on to La Maison 1888! I had read great things about this restaurant on Tripadvisor as well as some foodie…
I’m sure you’ve all read by now, as every single blog has reported it, but the Amex Platinum signup bonus is now at 100k MR points after only $3k of spend in 3 months. This is ridiculously good. This is better than the 75k Mercedes Benz Platinum deal that I reported on, and maybe perhaps…
After our stay at the Intercontinental Hanoi, we were very excited to check out the Intercontinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort, as all the reviews we’d read about it had been positive. It literally won the number one resort in the world! We were especially excited, as our highly anticipated trip to Halong Bay had been…
As I said before, when we arrived in Hanoi, off of a lovely Vietnam Airlines flight, we were greeted with much colder weather than we’d anticipated…42 DEGREES!!! Yes it was cold. Our cab driver actually apologized for the cold weather, which was kind of cute. As I mentioned before, I had 3 IHG free nights…
This is Andy, and this will be the first in a series of reviews from me and my family’s recent trip to Vietnam! Here is what I will be reviewing over the next several weeks: –Intercontinental Hanoi –Intercontinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort part 1 and 2 –Park Hyatt Saigon –Conrad Hong Kong …
This is Andy again, and this will be the last post detailing our winter ski trip to Hokkaido. I’d initially booked the Sheraton Kiroro resort for four nights, but then I realised our flight on ANA back to HND, then onwards to Okinawa, left at 0730. As I mentioned in our last post, it takes…
