Our trip to Hawaii began late, late Wednesday night. We arrived at the airport around midnight Thursday morning for our 3 a.m. flight - and Kristopher promptly found a nice place to take a nap.
Melissa and I spent our time watching Grey's Anatomy on DVD (I have officially started watching... episode 1 season 1! WOOHOO!), playing cards, and listening to her iPOD. Here we are bringing SexyBack. heh.
For the most part, we slept on the plane. Direct flights are definitely the way to go. When we arrived in Honolulu, we got our rental car and then proceeded to Waikiki to visit with a church friend, Chuck Davison. He treated us to a lovely oceanfront breakfast buffet at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel.
The food was AMAZING - and soooo fresh! The perfect way to start our trip. This was an awesome omelet made right before my eyes. They also had fresh mini belgian waffles, a smoothie station, and all the yummylicious pastries you can imagine.
Chuck was an awesome host to us - he showed us the suite at the Sheraton Waikiki he had, and generously offered to let us stay in the room for free! The suite had 2 rooms and 2 beds, so it would be perfect. Right on the 15th floor, overlooking the ocean. He was leaving the next night, so we could totally use it for the last 2 days of our trip! What an awesome blessing for us! We were stoked to know we could come back to this place in a couple days.
Afterward, we went to the place we were staying for the first two nights - the Mariott Ko Olina Beach Resort. Our friend Kapena hooked us up with a couple of rooms there. He used to livein Vegas but recently moved back to Hawaii and works at a sister property to this place, and got us the employee rate. We didn't know at all what to expect from this resort, and we were perfectly happy with the Waikiki Sheraton. In fact, we were considering just staying in Waikiki since we knew that place was cool.
That was until we saw this resort. OH MY WORD.
This place was freaking AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
Melissa and I spent our time watching Grey's Anatomy on DVD (I have officially started watching... episode 1 season 1! WOOHOO!), playing cards, and listening to her iPOD. Here we are bringing SexyBack. heh.
For the most part, we slept on the plane. Direct flights are definitely the way to go. When we arrived in Honolulu, we got our rental car and then proceeded to Waikiki to visit with a church friend, Chuck Davison. He treated us to a lovely oceanfront breakfast buffet at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel.
The food was AMAZING - and soooo fresh! The perfect way to start our trip. This was an awesome omelet made right before my eyes. They also had fresh mini belgian waffles, a smoothie station, and all the yummylicious pastries you can imagine.
Chuck was an awesome host to us - he showed us the suite at the Sheraton Waikiki he had, and generously offered to let us stay in the room for free! The suite had 2 rooms and 2 beds, so it would be perfect. Right on the 15th floor, overlooking the ocean. He was leaving the next night, so we could totally use it for the last 2 days of our trip! What an awesome blessing for us! We were stoked to know we could come back to this place in a couple days.
Afterward, we went to the place we were staying for the first two nights - the Mariott Ko Olina Beach Resort. Our friend Kapena hooked us up with a couple of rooms there. He used to livein Vegas but recently moved back to Hawaii and works at a sister property to this place, and got us the employee rate. We didn't know at all what to expect from this resort, and we were perfectly happy with the Waikiki Sheraton. In fact, we were considering just staying in Waikiki since we knew that place was cool.
That was until we saw this resort. OH MY WORD.
This place was freaking AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
Our room (Kris & Mel had an identical one down the hall):
As you enter... there is actually a foyer! Marble floors, granite countertops, crown moulding. OH AND DO YOU SEE THE CHANDELIER??? And this is just the beginning...
The fully-stocked kitchen to the right. Hardwood floors, maple cabinets, full appliances, dishwasher, full fridge - and behind a cabinet on the right (not shown), a stacked washer and dryer (!!!!)
Looking left from the entry - the bathroom. That shower was freaking AWESOME. HUGE. And major water pressure! And look at the cool wall sconces! And marble floors!
The living and dining room areas... the couch is actually a fold-out bed too! Seriously though I cannot get over the chandelier!
There is a sitting room to the left. The slider led out to our Lanai... we were on the 4th floor. It was so nice to go out there and just relax. :)
On the balcony :)
And here was our view! The beach was just beyond the pool.
The sitting room - the perfect place to curl up with a good book! The bedroom is just off to the left of this room.
Looking into the bedroom... these cool sliding shutter doors closed it off and completely darkened it when we wanted to sleep.
The gorgeous bedroom! The shutters you see there open up to the bathtub, just on the other side. There is a huge closet on the left, right through the first doorway there, and you can see the bathroom (also accessible from the foyer) in the back.
The tub!! It was HUGE!! And DEEP! And it filled up in no time flat!! Did I mention this place has amazing water pressure? LOL! It was so cool to be able to peek out the tub into the bedroom and then out the window :)
You can see why we just did.not.want.to.ever.leave!!!!!!
More photos later - what we did on Thursday, and the dinner that night... :)
1 comment:
So yummy, comfy looking! Makes me want to take a nap and eat an omelet. Ahhhh. Looking forward to seeing more.
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