Zur Kanzel

www.zurkanzel.de
Grebenstraße 4, 55116 Mainz-Altstadt, t +49-6131-237137

A cosy and familial restaurant with modern German cuisine and very friendly and heartily service. You feel very welcome. One of the better restaurants in Mainz, not easy to find something similar there. Prices are moderate, booking is an advantage. Try the Weissburgunder from Tesch they offer.

Weingut Frank

www.weingutfrank.at
Kellergasse 5 & 11, A-2171 Herrenbaumgarten, t +43-2555/2300

Vineyard in Herrenbaumgarten, in the Weinviertel near the Czech border and only an hour drive north of Vienna.

Very good Austrian red(!) wines, try those from the oak casks. Plus very nice traditional whites, for example the Weinviertel DAC Gruener Veltliner.

Harry, the wine maker, is offering very friendly and informative wine samplings. It's worth going there and stay overnight at one of the B&B's in Herrenbaumgarten or in the wellness and golf hotel Veltlin just outside the village.

Together with other young wine makers from the region Harry also maintains a blog: www.winzerblog.at (German)

Cafe bar XL

Cafe bar XL, Svetog Križa bb, Rovinj, Croatia, t +385 (0)98 814 445
N 45º05,1' E 013º37,5'


One of the most peaceful and nicest places I have been to in a long time. Positioned in a beautiful garden with cypresses just underneath the church Sv. Eufemija the XL cafe offers great coffee, loungy music and a fantastic view on the Adriatic see. Defnitely a time trap. Once you sit down you will never want to leave again.

Martin Pescador

Vl. Vlacic Patrik, Trget 20, Trget, Croatia, t 052-544 976
N 45º01,4' E 014º03,4'



Nice restaurant in the small town of Trget with a great view on Trget fjord. Sail up the fjord and after a few tacks and jibes you will find the restaurant at the end. There are some anchor buoys and a small mole that is mostly used by excursion boats.

Service is friendly, fish is fresh and will be brought to your table on ice to chose from yourself, prices are moderate. Try the mussels they are coming from Martin's own mussel farm in the fjord.

Euro Visions

www.expo-eurovisions.be/
Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Rue de la Régence 3, 1000 Bruxelles

© Lise Sarfati / Magnum Photos

On the occasion of 50 years EU and 60 years Magnum photo agency, twelve Magnum photographers were travelling to the new EU16-27 countries for a month and brought back pictures, slides and videos. Some of them very nice and interesting, others unfortunately a little bit dull and depressing. Nevertheless worth a visit if you are in Bruxelles.

© Martin Parr / Magnum Photos

Tuesday-Sunday 10:00 to 17:00.
Until 1 July 2007.

Velvet

www.arcotel.at/velvet.htm
Oranienburger Strasse 52, 10117 Berlin, t +49 30 2787 53-0

Stylish design hotel in the middle of Berlin. All rooms have a complete glass facade at one of the rooms' walls which offers a great view.

The bathroom is in the middle of the room next to the bed, just separated by a transparent curtain. A very open atmosphere. (The toilet is in a separate room, though.)

I haven't tried the breakfast buffet, but there are plenty of places nearby that offer everything from coffeee to bagels and everything else.

The higher up you stay, the more you can enjoy the view out of the glass wall without anybody seeing you... Book a suite here if you take your girlfriend to Berlin.

A Small Guide to Lisbon

A Small Guide to Lisbon

A small but very nice guide to Lisbon by Delaranja. A very personal guide on how to get around Lisbon, where to go and what to eat. And I agree with everything Andre writes.

Monsieur Vuong

www.monsieurvuong.de
Monsieur Vuong, Alte Schönhauser Str. 46, 10119 Berlin-Mitte

You cannot book a table in advance at Monsieur Vuong and long queues on weekend nights make it easy to guess why. Also you will be placed at tables together with other people you don't know.

The menu offers only a small vareity of Vietnamese dishes. The main attration, however, is a menu with a choice of one starter and two main courses that is changing every other day and prepared freshly for you.

If you don't mind this concept, you will enjoy excellent Vietnamese cuisine in a vibrant atmosphere and for moderate prices.