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  • Day at the Mount Hermon, Israel

    Day at the Mount Hermon, Israel

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  • Restaurant Mizlala, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Restaurant Mizlala, Tel Aviv, Israel

    The rising star of the Israeli nouvelle cuisine Chef Meir Adoni made himself a huge disservice by lending his name to Mizlala, a pretentious bistro at Nahalat Benyamin 57, Tel Aviv. We booked lunch in Mizlala on Yom HaAtzmaut (Independence Day), inspired by good memories of Catit, a flagship restaurant of Meir Adoni. Well, the [...]

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  • Tapas Ahad Haam Restaurant, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Tapas Ahad Haam Restaurant, Tel Aviv, Israel

    The Tapas Ahad Haam Restaurant of chef Jonathan Roshfeld serves Mediterranean style tapas. We paid about NIS 800 for four-person lunch including twelve diches. What dishes lack in size, they make up in taste and creativity.

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  • Restaurant Catit, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Restaurant Catit, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Catit is one of the best Israeli gourmet restaurants run by chef Meir Adoni. The Catit’s cuisine is highly eclectic and very creative. Every dish is a bold mix of flavors, textures, techniques and ingredients. Lunch for four persons costed us NIS 1400, including appetizer and main dish (NIS 175), dessert (about NIS 70) and [...]

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  • Vienna Marriott Hotel

    Vienna Marriott Hotel

    Rooms are somewhat shabby but spacious. Location is superb, within 10 min of walking to Stephansdom and Museum Quarter. We asked for early check-in (about 10.30 am) and late check-out (15.00 pm) and were kindly obliged. The staff is polite and attentive. Upgrade for executive package (including breakfast and internet access) is unnecessary and ridiculously [...]

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  • Christmas Market at the Karlskirche, Vienna

    Christmas Market at the Karlskirche, Vienna

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  • Mark Anthony Statue near the Secession Building at Vienna

    Mark Anthony Statue near the Secession Building at Vienna

    The bronze statue of Mark Antony in a chariot drawn by lions (sculptor Arthur Strasser, 18980), located to the right of the Secession Building.

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  • Vienna Secession

    Vienna Secession

    The secession building at Vienna, built in 1897 by Joseph Maria Olbrich for exhibitions of the secession group founded in 1897 by Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann, Joseph Maria Olbrich, Max Kurzweil, and others. The Secession artists rejected conservatism of the Vienna Künstlerhaus.

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  • Beware of Boingo Wireless WiFi Services

    Beware of Boingo Wireless WiFi Services

    Beware of Boingo Wireless WiFi services – they intentionally and systematically overcharge accounts. I subscribed for one month of Europe Plus on November 16 2012, paid $34.95 and used the service for one week in Vienna, Austria. In the first week of December I tried to cancel account, got a link to switch Europe Plus [...]

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  • Hackesche Höfe, Berlin

    Hackesche Höfe, Berlin

    The Hackesche Höfe is the center point of Berlin nightlife. The Hackesche Höfe is the network of restored courtyards located in the historic or “barn district” or “Scheunenviertel” in the Spandau suburb of Berlin-Mitte.

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