We're sitting in the Executive Lounge on the last evening of our stay at the Hilton South Wharf, and we've placed this property firmly on our personal list of favorite Hiltons around the world, including it with the Prague Hilton, the Munich City Hilton, and the Bangkok Millenium Hilton.
We've enjoyed a beautiful room, and every employee we've met has been friendly, efficient, and genuinely hospitable.
The hotel itself is in a great location in Melbourne and we genuinely hope to return one of these days.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.