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My favorite hotels, restaurants and cafes in Munich

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Danger sign in the Englischer GartenI just did a long post on Mapplr, where I run the Editor’s Choice page, of cafes, restaurants and hotels that I discovered on my last trip to Munich for the DLD conference. Click here to read the reviews.

I could not believe how warm it was last weekend. The grass in the Englischer Garten is green and I sat outdoors drinking coffee. Winter indeed! My favorite place in Munich is the Englischer Garten, a magnificent park laid out along the banks of the Isar, with streams that attract local surfers. I walked for two hours last Sunday, enjoying the warm spring-like weather, then indulged in a wickedly delicious pastry at Cafe Konditorei Arzmiller.

Quiet walking path along the Isar in Munich Englischer Garten Munich Stream in a Munich park Bare trees against a winter sky

Open a restaurant in Kabul

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Not exactly a business you can do in your pajamas and quite hazardous but fascinating and rewarding if you are up to it: opening a restaurant in Kabul (Afghanistan). A number of foreign women have opened restaurants in Kabul according to Women’s eNews, offering Thai, Mexican, Filipino, Indian and other kinds of cuisines to residents. It’s not for the faint-hearted. Entrepreneurs must meet United Nations security specifications, which means stationing armed guards at the doors and installing barbed wire around the perimeter. On the other hand, there is a large group of expats and Afghans working in Kabul, who are willing to spend money for chicken adobo and lamb tikka masala.

[via Broadsheet]