Stayed at the 2 bedroom Skyloft at the MGM Grand hotel in Vegas. The room is about 3000 sqft and very swanky. The service is excellent with a private butler. Definitely worth going back too. Leaders club came through with an upgrade to the two bedroom. Prices are reasonable during the week. Check the website.

Hyatt Grand Aspen. Stayed in two different rooms. 31BC was alright but nothing to right home about. 50AB was kind of cool cause it had its own jacuzzi on the roof deck. Hotel is a 3-4 star in a good location in Aspen. Not worth a second visit unless it was a great room and I was in a pinch.

Stayed at the Belligio hotel in Vegas. Nice room if you get the lake view. Shopping is boring and hotel is a bit stuffy but pretty. Eating at Olives on the patio is a must. Not my first choice in vegas but it is above average cause of the water show and room.

Hyatt Grand Aspen. Stayed in two different rooms. 31BC was alright but nothing to right home about. 50AB was kind of cool cause it had its own jacuzzi on the roof deck. Hotel is a 3-4 star in a good location in Aspen. Not worth a second visit unless it was a great room and I was in a pinch.

Stayed at the 2 bedroom Skyloft at the MGM Grand hotel in Vegas. The room is about 3000 sqft and very swanky. The service is excellent with a private butler. Definitely worth going back too. Leaders club came through with an upgrade to the two bedroom. Prices are reasonable during the week. Check the website.

Stayed at the Belligio hotel in Vegas. Nice room if you get the lake view. Shopping is boring and hotel is a bit stuffy but pretty. Not my first choice in vegas but it is above average cause of the water show and room.

Stayed in vail, lionshead at the cascade village resort. Supposed to be a 5 star hotel but seems more like a 3-4 star. Great location though with easy access to the mountain even on busy days.

Stayed in vail, lionshead at the cascade village resort. Supposed to be a 5 star hotel but seems more like a 3-4 star. Great location though with easy access to the mountain even on busy days.

Glenwood springs hotel. On the way to Aspen in Glenwood springs. Looks like it has an interesting outdoor pool/hot spring. Worth looking into further if the location makes sense.

Stayed in vail, lionshead at the cascade village resort. Supposed to be a 5 star hotel but seems more like a 3-4 star. Great location though with easy access to the mountain even on busy days.

Andrew Rivkin Toronto

Forgot to mention that the bartender from the bar we went to on the last
night (need Alex to remember the name) suggested Flex club at
Schottenring U2/U4 Tube station. She said it was better than Passage
and may be worth trying next time we are in Vienna. The
Resturant/Resturant/Bar we went too is definitely worth going back too.
Asian food, open late with a DJ and cool people.

Toronto [Andrew Rivkin]
Sadly I am home in toronto and the last two musketeers have finally separated. For my part I had an awesome trip and am looking forward to doing it again next year!  Thanks to alex and nisk who provided a seemingly endless supply of both humor and gas and who knew how to 'rock this party'. Thanks to Ischgl for the great conditions and awesome apres ski and thanks to Vienna for being such a great place to hang out. Tears our welling up in my eyes now... Peace Out

By the way, the LOT flight home wasn't bad at all. Definitely friendler than Air Crappy Day aka Air Canada.

Final analysis on Le Meridien Wein...the hotel is really a 4 star with cool modern design but service that is only mediocre. The one diamond  in the rough is definitely Goran who hooked us up more than once. The resturant and bar both look very good but were usually pretty empty and the spa closed too early to be useful. It is close to the shopping area, museums and the Spanish Riding School.   Even so it maybe time to start looking for a new place to stay in Vennia. I don't think the Imperial wil work unless the Royal suite is available as the lobby and other areas look kind of stoggy and you need the Royal Suite to make up for that. Guess its time to do some research. Looked like a new place opened up by the Raddison SAS.

Krakow [Andrew Rivkin]
Staying at the Hotel Copernicus in Krakow which is OK but I don't think there is much better. Maybe the Radison SAS but this seems like a pretty poor country at the moment. Did a lot of touring today. A good tour of the cathedral in castle Wawel with our guide Mathius who taught us about many Polish Kings including a pimp king from 1400's who lived to the age of 84. Had children at the age of 70 with a 20 year old 6 foot tall hottie. Nice. We then had a golf cart tour of the Jewish Quarter 'a city within Krakow' called Kazemayesh.  Then on to the old town of Krakow including the large Market square with the cloth market building.  Finally a littlle shopping at Diesel and DSquared and dinner in a Jewish resturant with Klezmer music. Matzah balls good but not as good as grandma's. Cabbage rolls good but not as good as grandma's. Tomorrow off to Aushwitz.

*Should be posted mar19

Warsaw [Andrew Rivkin]
Sadly I am now sitting on an old LOT 767 aircraft getting ready to depart for Toronto.  The seats now are not nearly as nice as our trip over and are pretty similar to Air Crappy Day aka Air Canada. We had an awesome trip this year and I am already looking forward to coming back to Ischgl and Vienna next year. Also, next year I plan to head further into Eastern Europe for the sightseeing portion of the trip. Hopefully my bro will join along with Spence and Gerry. Then we could really light things up.

Vienna [Alex]
So were at dinner now and Goran has sent us to the right place. He knows where the action is at. Were at an asian cuisine and the food is supposedly very good. We did some shopping today to bring out our feminine side (nisker loves to shop). We watched some 30 rock tonight before we left and I reccomend it to all. About to eat and starving so goodbye.

Schmander

Vienna [Andrew Rivkin]
Goran is the man with the plan!  Great concierge at Le Meredien Wien.

Krakow [Andrew Rivkin]
We just landed in Krakow and are presently getting raped by Avis on our car rental. Ouch