Where We Stayed (4)
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Hotel Santo - 10.21.07 - 10.24.07 - Cologne
Great little hotel, located just outside the main area. Very easy to walk to the Dom CathedrL, lots of restaurants, and just 2 minutes from the Rhine River. The main complaint with the room was with the lack of places to sit, other then the bed and one little desk chair. Also, although the wireless internet was free, it was up and down, mostly down. The breakfast buffet was very good. If it weren't for the inconsistent internet, I would stay here again especially given the reasonable price.
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Arcotel Rubin - 10.24.07 - Hamburg
This hip hotel just opened the week before. Because of their recent opening, they were still working out the kinks, including the internet situation. We gave it a shot, and the internet was just not working. Even though the hotel was very apologetic, and even sent up a honeymoon cake, we just couldn't stay. This is only the 3rd time this year we've left a hotel because of internet, but it had to be done. Has it not been for that, I would have happily stayed at the hotel.
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Radisson SAS Hamburg - 10.24.07 - 10.26.07 - Hamburg
We had to scramble to find another hotel that had a reliable internet, and found the Radisson at a reasonable price which also offered free high speed internet. So, we jumped on the subway and made our way to the hotel. It's a no frills, business hotel, that has very little characater. At this point we didn't really care, just were focussed on the accessibility to the internet. Okay, the Radisson SAS is officially on our bad side. The internet is now not working, and we just had to go to yet another hotel, pay $30 and use the internet here -- we are pissed off, but are about to present the hotel with that bill.
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Melia Berlin - 10.26.07 - 10.30.07 - Berlin
Beautiful new hotel that just opened last year. Very spacious room, with flat screen television. This definitely feels like a nice hotel. It's located right in the center of town, making it easy to walk everywhere. Plus, we got upgraded to a river view room, since it's our honeymoon of course. The only down side is the incredible pricey internet connection, at $30 per day -- total rip off!!!! Besides that, the room itself is a reasonable price for Berlin standards. I would definitely stay here again.
