I’ve decided to merge my two blogs which, so far, I wanted to keep separate because of their potentially different readership. But now I think that they are just two connected aspects of my life and, hey, a weblog should report about exactly this. Within certain boundaries, of course :-). So, while Steinblog was about […]
I’m staying for two nights at the Renaissance Hotel in Cologne, Germany. The place is perfectly located just a few steps away from Friesenplatz, since I had some business to do at the University. The Renaissance Hotels belong to the Marriott empire. One thing that struck me with this particular stay was the extremely well […]
If you fly out of Stansted Airport with RyanAir about once a week, like I do, you need to come up with certain rituals to stay mentally sane. One of my rituals at Stansted is having a Tropicana Juice with an additional piece of Ginger at the Giraffe Juice and Coffee Bar in the RyanAir […]
For the second time I took guest to the La Mimosa in Cambridge and it was as flawless as the first evening. La Mimosa has both a beautiful location and a very nice menu – solid, no-nonsense Italian food. In the summer you can site outside directly at Jesus green at
Not much to say here. For a hotel of this chain, a disaster! Avoid it, if you can. Take the Marriott or the Hilton in the center, or even better, one of the small, more private hotels in the area. The Crown Plaza’s staff was, with the usual exceptions, crabby and unfriendly, and – even […]
I have the pleasure to dine at the “Trüffel” (Bäckerstraße 106, D-38640 Goslar) in Goslar once every year as part of my duty to organize the German Conference on Chemoinformatics in this medival town.In 2007, I was accompanied by two of my collegues. The restaurant is usually well visited and a reservation is recommended. We […]
If you travel the Black Forrest in south-west Germany, do not forget to stop by “Die Grüne Bettlad“, owned and run by Sabin and Peter Günthner, for a dinner. The house was built around 1600 and has 6 rooms for those who want enjoy the excellent wines and stay for the night. Both restaurant and […]
A month ago, I stayed at the Duxford lodge near Cambridge, Uk, for a night. The room was simple but ok. The building is nicely set in park-like estate, unfortunately directly located at a busy street. When I arrived, I noticed a couple of signs saying that the restaurant had earned a number of awards […]
On September 27, 2007 I had the pleasure to stay at Hotel “Felix”, Whitehouse Lane, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge, UK, for two nights. The Felix’s location is a bit far away in the north, too far to walk if you have a heavy backpack with you. Although quite near to Huntingdon road, the heavy traffic is […]
I travel too much. And I’m spoiled. Dunno how it happened. It tends to be more difficult every time I travel to find a place which satisfies me. The reason for starting to write about my travel and the places I visited is to create publicity for things that do not work well, although it […]