This week I’ve been staying at the Hilton Stockholm Slussen. In fact it’s the only Hilton in Stockholm.
I’ve been very impressed. There is an “Environmental Statement” 12-page booklet in your room which tells you how much the hotel has done to help the environment. So I can tell you that, for example, energy consumption in [...]
I recently spent a week in Prague at the Intercontinental Hotel. Unfortunately, their swimming pool was closed for maintenance for the entire week. However, they arranged for a hotel car to take guests (for free) along to the Hilton where we were able to use their pool and spa facilities. When I finished, I just [...]
Last week I apologised for being weight-obsessed.
This week you’ll just have to deal with it - I’m losing weight, I need to tell you about it
This week I lost 1½ lbs. So, less than last week, but still going in the right direction.
I think last weekend was particularly problematic because we were on [...]
Currently, my top 3 venues for afternoon tea, in reverse order, are:
3. The Savoy
2. Fortnum and Mason’s
1. The Dorchester
You can see all my articles about tea here
View from the posh restaurant at Malpensa airport, originally uploaded by rev_dr_jan.
Tucked away at the top of terminal 1 in Malpensa airport is the rather excellent La Galleria restaurant.
Remarkably, the chef has 2 Michelin Stars!
There was a 50 euro fixed price degustation menu, along with some 35 euro less extravagant menus and a full a-la-carte [...]
I’m back in Bucharest again this week, and I flew out on British Airways. The flight was delayed for a while, but I was in no hurry, I had a whole day to travel.
At the gate, the friendly staff were feeding tickets in to the ticket reader, tearing off the stub and checking passports. As [...]
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Posted 26 April 2006
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I seem to be having a bit of a lounge day today.
I’ve been in Paris working, so I was in the lounge waiting for the (delayed) bmi flight back to Heathrow this afternoon.
When I got back to the airport, it turns out that we managed to make up some time on the flight, so it’s [...]
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Posted 22 February 2005
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