The Hillert's Haus: Honolulu

Hi everyone,

We arrived safely in Hawaii. The flight went really well. The plane from Houston to Honolulu was only about half full. It made for a nice flight. No crowded plane with tons of people.

Got to the room and decided to take a few pictures from the window. The view was gorgeous. Syd and I left New Braunfels at 6:30 am and we all arrived in Honolulu at the hotel around 11 hours later. That's about all we did for the rest of the day. Just too tired to do much more than look around the hotel grounds and eat some dinner.

The second day in Honolulu we went to the Queen's palace. This place was unbelievable. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take picures of the inside of the palace. So, I have none to show you. We even had to wear booties over our shoes when we entered into the palace. The docent kept making jokes that she was the bootie expert. Everthing inside the building is original and has been fully restored. They are trying to maintain the woodwork and keep things from deteriorating. The floors, walls, stairs and staircases are all made of exotic wood. It's designed typically Victorian and very ornate. It is absolutely beautiful. Words can not begin to describe the details.

We also went to Waikiki beach that day. There was a surfing contest that day, so, we weren't able to really explore the whole beach much. It's a really long beach and it was raining that morning. Opted, instead to people watch and have a shaved ice. Also walked along and checked out The Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Tthis is one of the first resorts built at Waikiki. Many famous people have stayed there. So, it has lots of old Hollywood glamour and charm.