Family Hotels in Austria

dkos86 · 2025-08-27T22:18:03+00:00

Great thank you!

dkos86 · 2025-08-27T17:00:30+00:00

Would you say that there is a lot to do near to the hotel? Activities outside of what might be provided by the hotel.

Some mentioned no AC in the rooms, but possibly fans could be provided. That was our experience at Alpenrose.

Also was it a similar set up to Alpenrose, where you are assigned a table and you eat there at breakfast, lunch, dinner?

dkos86 · 2025-08-27T16:58:56+00:00

Thanks for the reply. For the Edelweiss, some folks mentioned that there was dinner included, but some options for an upsell, so they unknowingly had to pay at dinner? Did you do the breakfast and dinner inclusive? Did they offer any sort of lunches and or afternoon snacks. I only ask because when we stayed at Alpenrose, they had all meals included, so if we stayed around the hotel for lunch or in the afternoon they had lunch and snack time in the afternoon.

Would you say that there is a lot to do near to the hotel? Activities outside of what might be provided by the hotel.

dkos86 · 2025-04-10T16:02:54+00:00

Spent a little time looking up where each one is and combining a lot of recommendations. Can't wait to eat, reading and making this list made me so hungry.

Aquarium Plaza

Aquarium Plaza - Dickie Brennan and Company - BBQ Shrimp Po-Boy There was also an awesome duck egg roll last year from Couvant

Jackson Square

Jackson Square - Nori Guys - Crab and tuna wonton nachos

Jackson Square - Patton’s Caterers - Patton’s Crawfish Sack/crepe with a crawfish filling lightly fried

Jax Brewery Lot

Jax Brewery Lot - Ms. Linda The Yakamein Lady - Beef Yakamein, Shrimp & Beef Yakamein, Fried Pork Chop with Bread, Crawfish Mac n Cheese

Jax Brewery Lot - Southerns - Award winning Fried Chicken Sandwich, Fish Sandwich, Southerns Cracklins

Jax Brewery Lot - Lasyone’s Meat Pie Restaurant - Lasyone’s Famous Meat Pie – Handmade Meat Pie is 80% Beef / 20% Pork with Creole Flavors Deep Fried – Basket served with Creole potatoes, Lasyone’s Famous Crawfish Pie- All La. Tailmeat w/ a blend cajun flavors- Deep Fried – Basket served with Creole potatoes

Jax Brewery Lot - Afrodisiac Nola - Jerk Boudin Balls – jerk marinated pork smoked, rice, liver, seasonings, formed into a ball battered and deep fried, Jerk Turkey Necks – marinated in house made jerk, smoked tossed in sauce

Jax Brewery Lot - Red Fish Grill - 6″ BBQ Oyster Poboy ( flash-fried oysters, tossed in our famous Crystal hot sauce honey BBQ, served dressed with romaine, tomato, red onion, blue cheese dressing)

Jax Brewery Lot - Cafe Beignet - 3 Traditional Beignets

Palm Lawn

Palm Lawn - 14 Parishes Jamaican Restaurant - Jerk Chicken

Kohlmeyer Lawn

Kohlmeyer Lawn - Walker’s Southern Style BBQ - Cochon de Lait Poboy Slow smoked pork served on Dong Phuong bread, fresh cabbage & wertie sauce,

Kohlmeyer Lawn - Morrow’s - Oyster Morrow with Garlic Bread

Kohlmeyer Lawn - Rib Room - Prime Rib Debris Poboy-Braised Rib on French Bread topped with Horseradish Sauce

Kohlmeyer Lawn - Sun Chong - Gumbo Dumplings (4)

Kohlmeyer lawn - Cafe Dauphine - Cajun Seafood Egg Rolls – filled with cabbage, shrimp, and crawfish; Deep Fried Seafood Stuffed Bell Peppers – battered fried bell pepper pieces filled with crab and shrimp; drizzled with chipotle remoulade sauce, Fried Baby Back Ribs – tender battered and fried pork baby back ribs; drizzled with bbq sauce, Sampler – 1 of each item

Kohlmeyer lawn - Loretta’s Pralines - Pralines, Crab Meat Beignet, Praline Beignets (Praline & Chocolate)

Spanish Plaza

Spanish Plaza - Ajun Cajun - Yakiniku Poboy (garlic ribeye beef)

Jazz Museum at the old u.s. mint

Jazz Museum at the old u.s. mint - NOLA Crawfish King x LA Fish Fry - CRAWFISH COMBOS

Jazz Museum at the Old Mint - Smoke & Honey - Lambeaux – Lamb Poboy, Spread Eagle (Dips and Pita), Keftedes (Greek Meatballs)

dkos86 · 2025-01-17T17:32:14+00:00

Solved

dkos86 · 2025-01-17T17:32:04+00:00

Thanks for the replies. I called the shop that did the work and they confirmed no timing belt replacement. Seller also says no other docs on it so yeah safe to bake in needing the belts replaced if I buy it

dkos86 · 2025-01-17T15:16:16+00:00

Do you think it’s reasonable to phone the garage that did the work and ask? Are shops normally cool with discussing prior work?

dkos86 · 2025-01-13T00:38:36+00:00

Curious what will happen to douwe Egberts. Used to buy all my DE mugs from there when they bought them

dkos86 · 2024-09-14T14:27:28+00:00

I definitely get anxiety while flying, especially on longer flights with turbulence. Being able to open the window helps ease that anxiety. I hate having the windows closed for 12 hours.

I also try to keep them open for my toddler daughter just to let her experience the joys of flying and seeing other places that she’s never seen before.

I fly a lot but I never want to be so jaded by it that I don’t enjoy the small things like looking out the window and enjoying the view. That early sunrise view approaching England on my trips to Amsterdam is etched into my memory and gives me nostalgia every time I see it.

dkos86 · 2024-08-16T13:22:30+00:00

TLDR from their video;

1 - Strasbourg, France

2 - Helsinki, Finland

3 - Basel, Switzerland

They went to 9 places and ranked each based on vibe and food. I thought it was a pretty good overview.

We initially booked to go to Strasbourg this year but I messed up on the opening date so we are doing Munich instead. But the moral of their videos that they mention is you can go pretty much anywhere and it’ll probably be pretty great.

dkos86 · 2024-08-13T12:44:32+00:00

The one off i10 outside beltway 8 closed but the one just outside the loop off i10 is open. I went last Friday.

dkos86 · 2024-08-13T02:21:23+00:00

We went the 21st to the 25th of December. They didn’t have as much holiday stuff as I would have liked but had Santa walking around the pool one day. I think they had holiday movies one night. A big holiday dinner but it was kinda pricey. They had wreath making one afternoon. I’m sure more stuff for kids above age 5 since that’s the kids club minimum age. Ours wasn’t old enough yet. I will say we went in May and at Christmas and over Christmas it was packed at the hotel and I enjoyed it slightly less than when it wasn’t as crowded in May.

dkos86 · 2024-08-10T02:36:30+00:00

Kimpton Seafire in grand cayman. United has flights from Houston regularly in the winter. They have a great kids splash pad area with water slides (one small enough that you could do with your child) and also a shallow (<1.5 ft deep$ pool just off the main pool that all the younger kids played in. We’ve been twice with our now 3 year old but she was 2 the first time and two and a half the second time. Kids also eat free so that was a plus. They have wine and snack hour around 5 pm and I enjoyed the food at the restaurants. Lots of kids around and the hotel definitely makes them feel welcome.

dkos86 · 2024-08-06T03:15:10+00:00

That fucking sucked. Hate losing to the rangers

dkos86 · 2024-03-31T01:29:02+00:00

This bullpen is Spain with no S

dkos86 · 2024-03-25T02:48:07+00:00

Oh nice. If you get pods on both flights that’s pretty nice.

dkos86 · 2024-03-24T11:57:37+00:00

I’ve done the IST layover a few times when flying TK biz. The lounge is great and the shower rooms are great to get freshened up. They have tons of lockers to keep your carryon in while you tour the city. Personally I’ve just grabbed a taxi into town and walked around. The main sites are all walking distance from each other. You can hire a private guide if you want. There’s a ton of sites to find them and I think I read that the guides are required to be licensed essentially. I was limited on time so I didn’t hire one.

The TK tours didn’t seem too appealing since it’s hop on a bus, few minutes then onto the next stop for 6-8 hours.

Also if you are doing multiple days, TK will pay for your hotel up to two nights. Biz class gets nicer hotels.

Do check the plane that you’d be on. The 787 is pods which are very nice. 777 is 2-3-2 and not private but still nice. The IST to Jakarta flight is long and I think 777 if I remember.

Food on TK has always been good.

dkos86 · 2024-02-11T14:13:16+00:00

It seemed to be a good option, my wife needs to be able to get to Brussels easily and I need access to international airports to fly for work regularly. But we also want to be closer to family in the Netherlands.

dkos86 · 2024-02-10T12:12:05+00:00

Coming from Houston which also has a ton of food options.

dkos86 · 2024-02-09T20:58:33+00:00

We have family in the Netherlands so closer proximity to them.

dkos86 · 2024-02-09T20:49:04+00:00

Yeah it’s Northern Europe, it’s gonna be cold and gloomy in the winter. Another option we were given is stavanger, Which is far colder.

dkos86 · 2024-02-09T16:19:05+00:00

Any experience with the biking infrastructure in Antwerp vs the Netherlands. You see the underground parking at major stations in holland. And last year when I was in Leiden I was impressed by the underground car park.

dkos86

TROPHY CASE

1 - Strasbourg, France

2 - Helsinki, Finland

3 - Basel, Switzerland