Hotels in the San Francisco Bay Area

I've stayed in 4 hotels in the Bay Area:

- Homestead Studios - not as bad or noisy as everyone said.

- Fairfield Inn (Marriott) very loud from being squeezed between 101 and San Carlos airport. Its only redeeming feature if the pool area.

- Towneplace Suites San Carlos right by San Carlos airport - only stay here if you get a room facing the bay.

- Four Seasons Palo Alto. Very nice, good views from upper floors. Gym /spar area. Nice if someone else is paying. When I was there so was Justin Timberlake, curiously enough.

Montreal, Canada

Well they said it would be cold, and it certainly is. Minus 15 to minus 8 Celsius.

Last night I arrived in time to see the office lights before everyone went home. Tonight there should be a lunar eclipse.

Hotels in Zurich, Switzerland

I've stayed in 3 hotels in Zurich:

- Hotel Opera - nice

- Hotel Europe - sorry not nice, do not stay here if you don't like spiders!

- Hotel Seefeld - nice but too warm! Also the trams run on Seefeldstrasse until quite late, and start early, so it can be noisy.

The London Eye

One the mechanical wonders of the world.

The London Eye

On a spring morning, with a touch of fog around, the London city scene looks monochrome.

As the sun catches the glass, the London Eye twinkles.