Tag: drinks
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Kuala Lumpur – At the muddy river mouth
Mein Schiff Southeast Asia cruise: Day 10 – heading for Port Klang in the Strait of Malacca at 14.7 knots While we have already learned yesterday in our educational unit that we will reach the port of Klang this evening around 18:30 at a leisurely pace, we are now thinking the whole time back and…
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Ideas for a weekend or layover in Amsterdam
KL1780 from HAM to AMS & KL3091 from AMS to RIX Now vacation travel is definitely over for me, I needed to see a dear friend of mine in Amsterdam. Although we happened to be in the exact same city just a weekend before, I went there again yesterday and it got me thinking. What…
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A sunset on the beach at La Mer, Dubai
While I wasn’t aware that even in taxis drinking is not considered polite and you could even get arrested if anybody pointed at you and telling the police, the full extend of Ramadan hit me as soon as I went out to spend my evening. My colleagues have referred La Mer, a beautifully situated shopping…
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Sightseeing on a day trip from Northern Ireland to the North of Ireland
Ireland Roadtrip: Dublin – Belfast – Letterkenny, 361 km (Comments in italics by Johanna and Daniel) Sightseeing in Northern Ireland: Titanic Museum in Belfast “The beds were damn small back then”. What amazed us the most was not the unimaginable noise from the steel nails hammering, from which the workers went deaf, the fact that…
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Non-exhaustive list of fine dining (and drinking) in Hamburg
Years of Media Management experience have brought me an extensive knowledge of some of the best options to lunch, dine and go out for drinks in Hamburg. The following are stylish, sometimes a bit more pricy, locations where I enjoyed being taken by good folks. // 20up – fantastic seats by the window, overlooking…
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Lazy days by the sea
Thanks to two bank holidays in Germany we got to enjoy a little break from everyday life. I picked a retreat by the Baltic sea, which is a 1.5-hour-drive from Hamburg. Now, you might say, what is there to see and do, it’s not summer and certainly no bathing weather. The truth is, not really…
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Halloween feeling
Last weekend we really wanted to go to the city and do something; but as always, it was raining. What else to expect as soon as you start the weekend…? What many don’t expect is that my home town offers real cool indoor activities apart from a standard museum visit. Since Halloween is coming up…
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New Orleans flair in Miami
One of the coolest hidden gems in Miami is probably the New Orleans-style restaurant and bar “Lagniappe”. From the outside you wouldn’t expect such a beautiful, yet shabby place. There’s live music every night from 9:00 pm and we got there just in time to listen to it. Although the band plays inside by the…
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Waxy in da House
EW7464 from HAM to LHR After a successful meeting, which was the purpose of my side trip to London, I was able to continue the acquaintance with my colleagues from the UK. It always helps to strengthen the cooperation when you get the chance to meet someone in person, I think. The whole office meets…
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Wiesn in Munich – beer capital of the world
LH2066 from MUC to HAM Oktoberfest had me for the second year in a row last Saturday. You might already know I’m no beer drinker at all and drinking beer is basically what you do at Oktoberfest. You pick a tent (marquee) (“Festzelt”) and start ordering your first Maß (a liter of beer), then another,…
