Train2eat with Danny Chen

First stop, Frankfurt. Destination number one in a 2-week European winter escapade. Flying the red-eye Malaysia Airlines flight and touching down as the day began to dawn. The clearing of immigration and baggage collection was orderly and rather painless. From Terminal 2, a 10-minute bus transfer drops you at Terminal 1, where you catch the train to the city main train station, Frankfurt Main Hauptbahnhof. Don't be confused with "Frankfurt am Main", which is the full name for the city. Anyway, it is easy to ask for direction as most locals speak English. Not planning to lament over how long this blog has been abandoned but it is a priority to resuscitate this blog in the long list of resolutions for 2015. So hopefully, this sharing of the recent free and easy trip (December 19 - January 3) to Frankfurt, Berlin, Prague, Vienna and Salzburg would bring life to this blog again. The 25 Hours Hotel Frankfurt is located about 10 minutes walk away from the Main Hauptbahnhof.

Located behind the famous Maxwell Food Centre. Somewhere amongst the beautifully conserved colonial shop lots. The Scarlet is situated at the corner, all the way up Erskine Road. The entrance to the hotel lobby is situated on the second shop lot. The corner lot is where the hotel restaurant is. The decor at the lobby was mysteriously gothic? I don't know why I feel that way... maybe because it was very dimly lit. Heavily carpeted. Dark furnishing but nevertheless, the front desk personnel greeted with so much warmth. I bet they could melt and iceberg. I was most impressed with the service. Another impressive discovery was how big Scarlet actually is. I thought it was a small boutique hotel and occupies probably 3 shop lots and possibly housing 20 rooms. But I was so wrong. As I was led to my room, I went through a good 50m walk through a maze of rooms and apparently Scarlet occupies the shops all the way down to 7-Eleven. That must be a good 10 lots at least. If I remembe

Welcome to my new series on boutique hotels around the region. These are some pictures taken at the Red Ginger Chic Resort in Krabi. I stayed in the "Clubhouse" room, which is really a loft. Spacious. I really like the day bed in place of the conventional sofa settee. Really nice for afternoon naps or even card games with friends. Nice view of the pool. Service is great. Not a big resort, so you can be assured of peace and tranquility. 5-10 minutes walk to the night market and also to the seafood restaurants. For more details on pricing and booking, please look up the website. http://www.redgingerkrabi.com/