21.05.2009

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Hotel Cristall, Cologne

21.05.2009 in Travel! | No comments

The Hotel Cristall is a 3 star hotel in the center of Cologne, Germany. The location is hard to find by car but easily reachable by foot (as long as you find the Dom). It has no parking lot and available parking space on the road near the hotel is limited. Nevertheless, there are some large parking lots in a 600m radius available.

The personnel at the reception was kind and friendly, the welcome very pleasant. I had a “standart” room (84 available) which was clean and tidy, not very spacy, but had everything you need (TV / Minibar). The roomcolor was a bit unusual though, the green walls remembered one of a hospital or a mental clinic :-)
Breakfast was included an quite good. (Yeah I got up early for once)

All in all a nice place to stay if you just need a room to sleep and a breakfast. Nothing fancy and not a place I would book for a longer stay. The prices are very reasonable.

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Sophia & William Fitzsimmons @ den atelier

21.05.2009 in Listen!, Touring! | No comments

No 24 hours after having seen the hard-rockers of AC/DC in Cologne, I’m back at home and in my favorite club. Sophia are playing at den atelier with support act William Fitzsimmons.
First of all, this man amazed me. He’s a gifted singer/songwriter who plays sad and slow folk songs, just he and his guitar. Buy his records (or download them on iTunes, whatever)

Sophia were great, the place was less crowded than their last gig in Luxembourg, but this time it seemed that only the fans where there, and less people who showed up without knowing anything about the band and the music. A circumstance that pleased me, an it felt like the band liked it too.

All in all a great concert evening, very different than the night before.

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