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"Message in a bottle" June 2010
The June issue of Christian Birke’s "message in a bottle" is bubbling with anticipation for the Kiel Week already. It´s the biggest sailing event of the world. The junior manager of our family-run Hotel Birke presents you our special Kiel-Week-Arrangements, which we have constituted only for you! You are up for great feasts? Then the summer feast market of "Feinheimisch" is the right thing for you - read on right away!
Message in a bottle June 2010
Moin, moin!
June is the Kiel Week month. The city is vibrating, the fjord is full of boats, artists, scientists, athletes, politicians and curious onlookers are drawn to Kiel. I’m in great anticipation for the biggest sailing event of the world which puts our capital in a colourful buzz from the 19 till 27 June. The "Birke" has a waterproof offer for "sea dogs" for which we have some free places left from 18. till 21 June. Get enthusiastic about the flair of thousands of sailing boats, windjammers and cruise ships. Our Kiel Week special for you: two overnight stays with breakfast buffet in a double room in the "Birke", approx. 4 hour journey on the MS Hamburg accompanying a regatta with moderation and visit of the city hall with view of the goings-on of the Kiel Week are waiting for you. For the guests who would like to visit the Kiel Week rather as a "landlubber" we offer a great tour with the Förde-Card which you can use for public transportation and discounts in many museums of Kiel instead of the journey on the MS Hamburg. And for relaxation you go in the Birke Day Spa or in the restaurant Fischers Fritz. Yet a tip for business people: From 20 till 23 June you get our "Kiel Week Business package" from 10 persons for the Message in a bottle special price: two overnight stays with breakfast buffet and use of the Birke Day Spa plus conference package "Kiel Week" from EUR 363.00 per person. And in the evening you visit the Kiel Week, the sailing boats in Schilksee or one of the many open air concerts in the city centre. Tel 0049 (0)431-5331-444, keyword "Message in a bottle" (Flaschenpost).
Also for our annual exchange co-host Florence Walter from Strasbourg the Kiel Week is an adventure. "I don’t know what this is. But sailing at least once is a must" said the 19-year old who came from the "Lycée d`Hôtelerie et de Tourisme Alexandre Dumas" for 4 months in the "Birke". "Kiel is a beautiful city. I love walking at the sea or going to town by the Birke bike. The people here are really nice."
And because Florence is also really nice you have another reason to visit the "Birke". How about visiting the Fischers Fritz fish market on 3 June? Enjoy from 6:00pm fresh sea food specialities on ice at your choice, fish from the varied offer from the Baltic and North Sea, our lakes and the North Atlantic which we prepare according to your wishes and together with regional and seasonal vegetables and potatoes. As a starter you get cold Northern German sea food specialities and for dessert a great selection from our buffet (EUR 34.50 per person inclusive starter, fish dish at your choice and dessert buffet). Reservations under Tel: 0049 (0)431-5331-435.
And our restaurant Fischers Fritz is founder member of "Feinheimisch – Genuss aus Schleswig-Holstein e.V.". Would you like to get to know is better? A good opportunity is on 10 and 11 July. On Gut Bossee from Detlev on Bühlow in the idyllic nature park Westensee we organise the Feinheimisch summer market which we operate on 2 days this year due to a high number of visitors last year. We just started with the preparations for the colourful summer festival at which seven gastronomers and 20 of the best producers of Schleswig-Holstein present their products for tasting and taking home. You can feast and enjoy, walk under old trees, listen to a jazz band, make a carriage ride, watch hounds play or you can simply have a good day in the most beautiful state of Germany. Best is to start and end the tour from the "Birke" with our rental bikes. Then it will be a proper outing.
And when are you coming to the "Birke"? As you know, we are looking forward to welcoming you here!
Your
Christian Birke
P.S. Please already note: Birke Wine & Dine No 25 on 02.10.2010 with Jens Priewe!
"Message in a bottle" May 2010
The May issue of Christian Birke’s “message in a bottle” is bubbling with anticipation for the summer already. The junior manager of our family-run Hotel Birke talks about news of our wellness area as well as of our culinary flagship, the “Fischers Fritz”. Moreover, he has a fantastic idée how you can spend your time in June - read on right away!
Message in a bottle May 2010
Moin, moin!
What is the most beautiful of the May? The anticipation for the summer, say one. The others say: The most beautiful are the bridging days! Ascension Day, Pentecost – that is ideal for a short trip. Nothing is more difficult to bear than a line of good days? Here I have to disagree with Goethe: Nothing is easier to bear than a line of good days in the Birke! Benefit from our holiday special with 3 overnight stays, 3x breakfast buffet “Northern German style” and a 4-course meal in our restaurant Fischers Fritz (EUR 198.00 per person in a comfort double room).
Our hotel is located in the middle of Schleswig-Holstein, the wonderful country between the seas. In May the yellow rape lures in full bloom under the bright blue sky, and golf players find here a real paradise. The Birke offers you golf fun on 10 partner golf courses which are the most beautiful and most varied courses of Holstein. The nearest one to our hotel is the Golf- & Landclub Gut Uhlenhorst e.V., with its 27 holes. We organise tee time, lesson with a trainer, golf clubs and trolleys. And afterwards you and your muscles can relax in the Birke Day Spa.
Here a new co-host is expecting you. Lisa Mager has been drawn from North Rhine-Westphalia over Hanover to the Kiel coast. “Because I love the water, the shriek of the sea gulls and the beach so much”, admits the 20-year old wellness expert. Her speciality: the Lomi-Lomi massage, a traditional Hawaiian massage form which is in its original form similar to a therapeutic body action than a massage and is entitled not only to treat the body but also the soul. But also for our classics a visit in the Birke Day Spa is worthwhile. Especially for our message in a bottle reader we have our popular combination of sea salt peeling & algae gel package on offer for favourable spring-fresh EUR 35.00. Our team in the wellness area gives you advice under 0049 (0)431-5331-470.
The sunbeams entice me to go to our herb garden. There our head chef Pierre Binder and his team are ready to awake everything from the long “winter sleep”. Soon 20 different herbs and spicery come directly from the garden in the pots of the Fischers Fritz. It’s time for it because our dried supply is slowly running out. We have borage and hyssop, also called Josefkraut, which not only is convenient for our fish dishes but also promises a curative effect.
A saying from my childhood comes to my mind: Bis Johanni nicht vergessen: sieben Wochen Spargel essen. You can start with this straight in the restaurant Fischers Fritz. “The king’s vegetable hold court” here. In fact it comes from the region because it tastes best. We get our asparagus from Lindenhof in Preetz. Christoph Donath-Totzke is also a member of Feinheimisch which speaks for the quality of his great asparagus. We also obtain all our other products for the asparagus dishes from farms in Schleswig-Holstein: the potatoes from Hof Schumacher, the Holstein Cottage Ham from Hof Schramm and the wild salmon and other fish come of course from the Baltic Sea. And we are already waiting – like you – that the first Maischolle (May plaice) has the right size.
Fans of Schleswig-Holstein become at least once a year fans of Kiel. In June, when the Kiel Week lures, the biggest Sailing event of the world, which puts the capital from the 19 til 27 June in a colourful and happy mood. We bring you in the middle of the Kiel Week event out on the water and have put together a special package. Get inspired from the flair of thousands of sailing boats, windjammers and cruisers. Our Kiel Week offer especially for you: One overnight stay with breakfast in a double room in the Birke, about 4 hours regatta accompanying trip on the MS Hamburg with competent moderation and a visit of the tower of the city hall with a fantastic view over the activities of the Kiel Week are waiting for you (from EUR 125.00 per person). Please book on time because our house is quickly sold out during the Kiel Week: 0049 (0)431-5331-444, keyword “Message in a bottle” (Flaschenpost).
Breathe in the Birke air and let us spoil you with asparagus & Co, with wellness and beauty, with Nordic ambience. As you know: we are looking forward to welcome you here!
Your
Christian Birke
"Message in a bottle" April 2010
The April issue of Christian Birke's "message in a bottle" is very springlike and culinary. The junior manager of the family-run Hotel Birke is glad about the beginning of spring and tells you what great dishes you will be served on our "Fischers Fritz fish market" as well as the Easter brunch and also what our Birke Day Spa offers you for the spring. Furthermore, he gives you information about the next cookery course - read on right away!
