H of the house of L: August 2010

Food & health, their city's namesake (in English)

By popular demand ... here again is the Euromaxx series about which I posted awhile back, now with (YouTube) videos in English :

Euromaxx series "Regional Success Stories" (DW-TV)

In English ... in case you weren't paying attention above ... yes, that's right ... auf Englisch ...

Part 1 : Camembert, France - unfortunately, I can't seem to find the English version ...

Part 2 : Sandwich, England - the humble sandwich

Part 3 : Spa, Belgium - get away to a spa

Part 4 : Barolo, Italy - red wine

Part 5 : Selters, Germany - selt(z)er water

Part 6 : Worcestershire, England - Worcester sauce

- HL, 0135h CLT, 19 Aug 2010.

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LAN and TAM to merge and create LATAM Airlines Group

Yesterday, LAN Airlines (Chile) and TAM Airlines (Brazil) signed a non-binding MoU to signal their intentions to form a single company, Latam Airlines Group, which would keep both brands separate.

A sampling of news items:

Bloomberg story

Reuters wrapup #2

BBC story

Planned merger completion by mid-2011 (FlightGlobal)

Final association to global alliance not yet resolved (FlightGlobal)

- HL, 2335h CLT, 14 Aug 2010.

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Döner kebap & currywurst

... and it's always on my mind ...

(One of the) Best Döner in Köln : Oruç Kebap, Kyffhäuserstrasse at Heinsbergstrasse (between U Barbarossaplatz and U Dasselstrasse/Bf Süd)
(One of the) Best Döner in Berlin : Rosenthaler Grill & Schlemmerbuffet, Rosenthaler Platz in Prenzlauer Berg (U Rosenthaler Platz). Open 24 hours ...
(One of the) Best Falafel in Berlin : Habibi. They have 2 locations, but the one on my mind is at Winterfeldtplatz in Schöneberg (U Nollendorfplatz)
(One of the) Best Currywurst in Berlin : that's like a choice between Canon & Nikon, Mac vs PC, ... Curry 36 vs Konnopke's Imbiss vs ...
(One of the) Best Currywurst in Hamburg : to make it easy on y'all, how about this from Edelcurry ...