<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by I'mNeverHome:
If you do stay there, when will you return? I leave for Europe on July 16th, and expect to be there sometime on or around the 27th.
I will hopefully be staying there a month from today after celebrating 4th of July in amsterdam. From Luxembourg i will make my way to Geneva for a few days, then off to Pamplona for the running of the bulls and then just driving the Spanish countryside for about 10 days (with a couple of stops at the Barcelona Hilton) with a three day stay at the Marriot Marbela beach resort (sorry Hilton no luck getting a GLON reward this late anywhere in Europe). And maybe a stop atthe Hilton Noga Cannes, France on the way back to Amsterdam.</font>
We are going in opposite directions! I fly from London to Geneva on the 21st and will be staying near Montreux for the Jazz festival. Then on to the Hilton Lyon for a couple of days. Next, to Burgundy for some of the "Vine" and then to the Lux and Antwerp Hiltons.
My one piece of advice, try to be in France on 7/14 for Bastille day. I hear in Cannes they set off fireworks over the bay. I was in Paris for the HUGE military pararde down the Champs Elysee, and I would think that since Lyon is France's 2nd largest city (Mareseilles and it often fight about this) they are doing something neat, as well.
Moreover, my recollection was that the museums were OPEN in Paris on 7/14.
IF you do contact them before you go, would you let me know what rates they were offering?
Thanx, and enjoy your trip.