Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
In need of some caffeine and sugar? The Café Mayer is a traditional coffee bar at the main square of Bratislava, Slovakia (Hlavné námestie). It was founded by Julius Mayer in 1873 and was supplier of the Court in Vienna. It is no secret that you can get the best scones and cakes of Bratislava here.
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Göttingen is a university town where the students account for one fifth of the population – and therefore has the highest bar density in northern Germany. So you have a big variety to choose from, but if it comes to having a nice breakfast or drinking some cocktails there is no way around the Esprit.
If you’re looking for a good breakfast in Stuttgart, Germany you can end your search. The Hüftengold – a very euphemistic German translation of fat – is a restaurant and coffee bar that is a real recommendation. In addition to real calory bombs they also serve healthy breakfasts.
Continue reading “Hüftengold”When you are walking through cold Schwerin, Germany (the capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) in winter time, you definitely need a coffee break. The Rösterei Fuchs is at the old market place in the city center, serving all different kinds of coffee, hot chocolate and also some small international dishes.
Continue reading “Rösterei Fuchs”No breakfast at your hotel? Looking for a small lunch or coffee? Close to river Ljubljanica and Čevljarski most in Ljubljana, Slovenia you will find the Paninoteka + which can fulfill your needs. It is a nice place where you can sit inside or in a quite backyard and enjoy the sun.
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I already did a lot of stupid things while travelling. But what about standing in line for hours in New York City just to get pastries from a bakery? Well, it is not any bakery, it is the Dominique Ansel Bakery selling very good products. And one day, Dominique Ansel invented a combination of a croissant and a donut – the Cronut.
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One of the best bakeries in New York, United States – and you really can’t run out of sugar supply here – is Magnolia. It is located at the Rockefeller Center and is therefore easily reachable by subway. What I absolutely loved was their interpretation of cheesecake (one of New York’s specialties) made with raspberries.
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Coppelia is the state-owned ice cream parlor in Cuba, offering different flavours of ice cream – highly appreciated on hot days. The store in La Habana, Cuba has 400 employees and serves 35.000 customers a day. Coppelia was created by a project led by Fidel Castro who wanted to introduce dairy products into Cubas daily life. Continue reading “Coppelia”
The Eisdiele Sabine in Dorf Tirol, Italy is the most important ice cream parlor of my childhood. It is located in Merano and there is a branch in Dorf Tirol which we visited frequently on our yearly trips to Alto Adige. Continue reading “Eisdiele Sabine”
Maybe it is nothing special and always returning here is just a strange tradition of mine – but I like the Cafe Plaka in Αθήνα, Greece. It is located underneath the Acropolis in the nice city quarter called Plaka and it has a wonderful roof terrace. Continue reading “Frappé metrio me gala”