Ahwahnee Hotel

Sender: SssharonL
The Ahwahnee Hotel, Yosemite National Park, California

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The rustic and memorable Ahwahnee Hotel designed by architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood, was completed in 1927. Its rock face blends in with the valley's granite walls and lights of evening cast a warm glow. The Ahwahnee Hotel was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987.

Brauhaus-Hotel Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Sender: Rene
Brauhaus-Hotel Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Beer is apparently brewed right in this hotel.

The Hotel Cosmos

Sender: Gdmob
The Hotel Cosmos, Moscow

French-built in 1980, the Cosmos Hotel Moscow is located in the north-east Moscow on one of the city's major streets, Prospect Mira, 20 minutes’ drive from the city center. One can see almost all the city of Moscow from the top floors of the Cosmos hotel. Construction of the Cosmos Hotel complex was intended for catering to the XXII Moscow Olympics in 1980.

Hotel Kaiserworth, Goslar

Sender: Danyel

Goslar/Harz

Hotel Kaiserworth (500 years old).

Goslar is a medieval town which has not changed in essence since its foundation. This town sits on the northeast edge of the Harz mountains. It owes its wealth and prosperity from Rammelsberg Mine (which closed in 1988), where silver, copper and zinc used to be mined. In 1992 the old town and the mine, were entered on the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage List. Danyel works in Goslar, how nice to be working at a spot which is on the UNESCO list!

P/S. Do you realise that at the bottom left of the card, there is a statue of a man excreting gold coins?! ;-)

Burj Al Arab

Sender: Angela

The card is of Dubai’s number one landmark, the Burj Al-Arab, the world's tallest hotel at 321 meters /1,053 feet. Its design is influenced by the sail of a "dhow", an Arabian sailing ship. Built on its own artificial island, the hotel can be reached by causeway (in one of its courtesy white Rolls Royces) or by helicopter, straight to its heliport at its top floor. There are 202 luxurious bedroom suites in Al-Burj, varying in price from approximately $1,000 to $27,000 per night. Casual visitors are not admitted.

The view in the card reminds me of the slow water-taxi trip I took from the Souk Madinat in Madinat Jumeirah Resort, along the man-made waterways up to the spot overlooking Al-Burj and back to the Souk. It was a relaxing ride after hours of "measuring" the Souk, the Dubai Mall and the Mall of the Emirates. Dubai has immense malls and with their low temperatures air-conditioning, it's hard to remember that Dubai is a hot country. Until I was taken to the desert for an unforgettable roller coaster drive skimming over the sand dunes.

Angela wrote about skiing in Ski Dubai. Well, I was taken there but I lasted only 10 minutes, to the amusement of my friends. Don't they know that the soles of my feet have been stamped, "Made for Warmer Temperatures"? :D

Hotel Europe

Sender: Snake_Gagarin
Evening view of Hotel Europe, Minsk, Belarus