I left the Hotel Sofitel Brussels Le Louise in a cab to the airport feeling pretty good. I had some problems the previous night, but it seemed as though they’d be ironed out and the manager would let me know the outcome. I had faith since it was a nice hotel, but then I realized […]
A Night at the Hotel Maria Prag
When it comes to hotels, I always stress one thing: location. I don’t care how good of a price I get, if I have to blow the savings on transit and precious vacation time to get to what I want to see. It is just never worth it. But the Hotel Maria Prag, which is […]
The NH Dresden Altmarkt
I never left my hotel room the last time I was in Dresden, Germany. I had come down with a fever after spending my morning at Buchenwald Concentration Camp on my way out of Weimar. It was horrible, since I physically could not leave my room; spaghetti bolognaise was the only thing I understood on […]
Berlin’s Relexa Hotel Stuttgarter Hof
When it comes to a hotel, location is what matters most. And the Relexa Hotel Stuttgarter Hof of Berlin unquestionably has that, located right on what I like to call Berlin’s Grand Circle – an easily traversed ring within the central part of the city which includes stops at Checkpoint Charlie, the Brandenburg Gate, Potzdamer […]
A Look Across Berlin
A look across to Germany’s capitol building, the Reichstag, from the Holocaust Memorial.
The Athenian Acropolis
Admiring the Athenian Acropolis on my first trip out of the United States, back in 1993

