
When I travel, I'll usually grab a sandwich or fish and chips of an evening, and eat in my room; there's no great thrill in sitting alone in a hotel restaurant and there's often something on the TV (more than five channels is nice, but still surprisingly uncommon), or work to be done online. But on occasions, I'll have something completely different (and when is that more appropriate that when giving a
Python Course?
On Tuesday evening, I ventured into the
Cambridge Continental Delicatessen - just across the road from the
Hamilton Hotel which is my first choice in Cambridge. Now ... the food I bought wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea (indeed, there's no cup of tea there at all if you look - the drink was coconut milk from Thailand) but it made an interesting change. And the hotel wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea either - if you want a standard plastic hotel, spend twice the price and you'll find a standard chain with standard sized rooms. Both the Hotel and the Delicatessen are a very pleasant change, and both (here's where they really score!) make you very welcome - you feel they really value your business.
(written 2009-10-08)
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