• Hilton Hotel Auckland
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    Hilton Hotel Auckland

    Hilton Hotel Auckland The Hilton Hotel Auckland is first-class accommodation in the New Zealand metropolis. The hotel is located directly on Auckland Harbor and offers a breathtaking view of the city and of course the harbor. The architecture is based on the shape of a ship. The front rooms taper like the bow of a ship. We were once lucky…

  • Von Fiji nach Auckland - Harbour Bridge
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    From Fiji to Auckland

    The stage from Fiji to Auckland … is pretty unspectacular. That’s why there’s not really much to tell here. We had already organized our return transport from the hotel to the airport in advance. The driver will pick us up at 11am – hopefully! So we have enough time for breakfast, which we make full use of. For the umpteenth…

  • Hilton Fiji Beach Resort and Spa - Entrance
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    Hilton Fiji Beach Resort and Spa

    Location The Hilton Fiji Beach Resort and Spa is located on Denarau Island. From Nadi International Airport it is about 15 km by taxi to the south. It is one of the many luxury hotels on Denarau Island, which also has golf courses, restaurants and shopping opportunities. After five minutes by taxi for 8 FJD or around 20 minutes on…

  • Monuriki Island
    Around the World,  Fiji

    Trip to Tom Hanks Island

    A trip to Tom Hanks Island is simply a must on a holiday in the island state of Fiji! Although you can never really be sure which name is currently used for the island. If you ask someone about Tom Hanks Island, there will be a huge question mark on their forehead until they tap it and say: “Oh, you…

  • Flag_of_Fiji
    Around the World,  Fiji

    Viti Levu at Fiji

    When people talk about Fiji, they almost always mean Viti Levu, the main island of the island state of Fiji. Wikipedia knows the following about this country (small excerpt): Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji (in Fiji: Viti or Matanitu ko Viti; English Fiji or Republic of Fiji), is an island state in the South Pacific north of New Zealand…

  • Hilton Fiji - Pool
    Around the World,  Fiji

    From Auckland to Fiji

    The flight from Auckland to Fiji also departs extremely punctually. As a German user of aeroplanes and trains, you have to get used to that! And because I talked about the strange seating in the front of the cabin in the last post, I can continue with this topic here: In the Boeing 787 there is 1-1-1 seating, and again…

  • von San Francisco nach Auckland
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    From San Francisco to Auckland

    The flight from San Francisco to Auckland doesn’t take off until the evening, so we still have plenty of time to pack in peace and stroll around the city again. Unfortunately, we have to vacate our room shortly after midday, even though the hotel is anything but fully booked. Not really a plus on the hotel’s account either. At least…

  • Hilton Financial District
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    Hilton San Francisco Financial District

    Location The Hilton San Francisco Financial District is located right next to the Transamerica Pyramid. The surrounding area is Chinatown, with many exotic shops and eateries. It is around 1.6 km from the “Moscone Center”, a convention and exhibition centre and 8 km from the Golden Gate Bridge. From the hotel, you can easily walk either in the direction of…

  • Ausflug nach Alcatraz - Trip to Alcatraz
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    A Trip to Alcatraz

    A trip to Alcatraz … is on our agenda today. Yesterday we were already at Pier 33, where the boats to Alcatraz dock and disembark. We were told that booking online is easier and quicker, that you can choose your own time and that everything is much simpler. The fact is that we are still awake quite early in the…

  • Welcome to San Francisco
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    Flight from Milan to San Francisco

    The flight from Milan to San Francisco … begins with the bus ride from the Crown Plaza Hotel to Milan Malpensa Airport. This first step goes like clockwork. As we already have our boarding passes in our hands thanks to the helpful lady at the Lufthansa counter in Nuremberg, we can skip this step and go straight to security. We…