You know a hotel must be really, really, really awful when the link on their website that says "Photos and Videos" takes you only to a stock photo of the Travelodge sign.

Not a great part of town, hehe. Glad you're only, "staying" there.

^^

SZG has crossed my mind and would be quite easy for all of us to get to... Sounds like the beer is capable of producing BRU-like results.

I've agreed with this before and agree with it again.

My desire to get anything productive accomplished for work in the next six hours before I head to the airport is exactly zero.

The beer is served in liter, earthenware tankards by the monks. I had two tankards on my trip there, and could barely walk back to the Goldener Hirsch (which is less than a mile away).

Bus/MARTA? There's a line there that apparently goes to an area with a large Asian population, but the name is offensive, so I won't say the color here. :rolleyes:

How was the Goldener Hirsch? The furnishings have always struck me as a bit odd...

The forecaster says Canada is invading? :)

ah the gOLDline! are all the people wearing bling, or they just old?

The furnishings are odd, and rather kitschy, but for the hotel and location... it definitely works. I really enjoyed the hotel (especially the central location), and would not think twice about staying again. Don't expect modern trimmings like a W or Le Meridien (except for the bathrooms, which are decked-out), but it is a quality hotel. I had a lofted room, with bedroom up a set of wooden stairs, and small sitting area and bathroom downstairs. The bed was very comfy.

This was where we were going to stay over Spring Break...

I would definitely choose the Goldener Hirsch over the Sheraton. The Sheraton is still walking distance to everything, but is on the other side of the river, and not as close to the Old Town.

ETA - Shame you got screwed out of Salzburg. :(

Please save me tickets for the rain event. [/Carlin]

^^ :D

Too much hassle. By the time I walk to MARTA, take it someplace, eat, come home, walk back, I've killed close to two hours. I'm sort of alternating between FT and some work stuff and would prefer not to kill that much time.

As for the color thing, well, it was just retarded. What's even dumber is that the colors are nothing new. All that changed was the name of the lines. Instead of being named by direction ("East-West", "North-South", etc.) they changed the name to the colors that the lines have been on the maps for years. No new colors were introduced. So, yes, while the name changed, that line had been the same color on the map for many years and nobody complained. Anyway, it's the gold line now (same color on all printed materials) and apparently nobody is complaining now.