Advantages: had a bed, shower, toilet etc... Disadvantages: the bed, facilities within hotel, food
Whenever the cheap flights were introduced a couple of years ago, I jumped at the chance of a weekend's shopping in Edinburgh, and this was the hotel I had chosen to stay in, as from the website I apparently booked it through, it sounded really nice..
Appearances can be deceiving....
The hotel is situated in the Tollcross area of the city, close to Haymarket station. It stattes that it is s short walk from Princes street, and was aprox a 20 minute walk from the main shopping area of the city. The hotel is situated in a row of old buildings, which are mainly residential, and the entrance of the hotel is right on the footpath.
My first problem with the hotel was that whenever I booked this online, I received no confirmation. I later found out that the hotel at that time couldn't accept online bookings as they were havinfg ...
Advantages: it's great fun to compare different idioms, words & proverbs Disadvantages: never make literally translations!
man gar, um ans Ziel zu kommen, für Aufruhr sorgen und ein Störmanöver starten, geschieht dies am besten so: „put, set, etc., {the cat among the pigeons}", wobei keine meiner Katze bislang eine Taube gefangen hat...
Hat es einem die Sprache verschlagen, hat die Katze die Zunge geklaut: „cat got your tongue", aber während wir auf heißen Kohlen sitzen, schleicht die Katze statt unsereiner über sie „like a cat on hot bricks" oder über‘s heiße Blechdach: „like a cat on a hot tin roof".
Wo es bei uns Bindfäden regnet, regnet es in England Hunde und Katzen „it‘s raining cats and dogs" und ich muß gestehen, das wäre mir gar nicht recht. Auch die Redewendung „there‘s more then one way to skin a cat" (wörtl. übers. es gibt mehr als einen Weg, der Katze das Fell über die Ohren zu ziehen ...
Advantages: Lots of lovely museums, pretty trees, beautiful islands and buildings Disadvantages: Expense of food and alcohol
of Biology
Gustavsbery Porcelains Museum
Museum of Dance
Drottningholm Palace
Gustav III?s Museum of Antiquities
Royal Mews
Jewish Museum
Royal Coin Cabinet
Junibacken (Museum about Pippi Longstocking, Moomin etc)
Toy Museum
Museum of Music
Nobel Museum
Tramway Museum
And the list just goes on and on, but I hope to have shown that there?s something there to interest most people.
Places to Wander:
Gamla Statt (The Old Town): This is on one of the smallest of the main islands of Stockholm, and is where the city was founded and where you?ll find the Royal Palace. It?s full of fascinating little alleyways with hidden-away cafes, ice-sculpture galleries and shops. The shops are, it must be said, of the tourist-trap kind, but despite the expense, and the large number of tacky things, there are some really nice things ...
A full-service business and conference hotel, conviniently located in the city center, 100 meters from the trainstation. Hotel Statt offers a comfortable stay, fresh rooms and a great breakfast. At the main square of Hassleholm, 100 meters from the trainstation. Walking distances to shopping, theatre and parks.
