the hotel in great favour, and the very pleasant cosmopolitan society which is to be found where the well-known Americans go clusters in its res- taurant. There is a Spanish corner where half the dukes of Spain are generally to be found, and many of the Russian nobility are habitues of the restaurant. The Savoy has its own band. Nunco- vitch, of Egyptian fame, is one of the proprietors of Austria 333 the Savoy, and a decorative Nubian in a long blue garment always stands at the front door. Just as aristocratic as the Savoy, or even more so, and certainly more peaceful, is the Bristol, which has a little hill of its own in the West End. The Bristol, The brother and sister of the Czar West End generally stay there for an autumn “ cure,” and on those occasions there are always one or two quiet men in the garden taking an interest in the scenery. The cooking at the Bristol is noticeably good, and the fact that the proprietor of this hotel married a daughter of the great house of Pupp may have some- thing to say to this pleasant state of things. A rival to the Bristol and Savoy is Lord Westbury’s great hotel now rising on the Helenenhof, an hotel which is to be opened in 1912. A model of this new great house of fashion stood all last year in the upper station of the funicular railway, and the building, when completed, will be an ornament to Carlsbad. It will have command of magnificent views both up and down the valley. In previous editions of this book I have had a good word to say concerning the Goldener Schild, but that sound, old-fashioned hostelry is now being pulled down, and on its site is to rise the. new Kursaal. Since Herr Weishaupt rose to eminence every proprietor of a provision shop has established a restau- rant. One of the most popular of these potzl’s, is behind Potzl’s shop in the Market Marketplace Place. I have no doubt as to the excellence of the food provided there, but on a summer night the restau- rant has always looked to me to be a very warm place. I have, however, eaten, and eaten very well, in the new and more airy room which Herr Potzl has opened on the first floor, and which looks down on to the market- place. The best butter, and the best ham, and the best honey in Carlsbad are to be found at Potzl’s. 334 'The Gourmet's Guide to Europe Whenever an Englishman has a craving to break his “ cure ” and to eat such of the food of the country Loib’s, as his doctor has forbidden him, I find Theatergasse that he generally goes to Loib’s, a hotel and restaurant which is in the Theatergasse almost behind the theatre. This restaurant is in high favour with the citizens of Carlsbad who are under no diet restrictions. In the environs of Carlsbad are many pleasant little restaurants where fresh-caught trout and the simple meats allowed by the doctors at the mid-day meal are to be found. At Aberg, where a watch- Aoers* tower stands on the highest point of the hills, there is a terrace whence a beautiful view of the Eger valley is obtainable, and it is quite a pleasant spot for any one walking on the forest paths to call a halt for lunch. St. Leonhardt’s, deeper in the forest, is another very JA1 pleasant little restaurant. The wood is on all sides or it, and it is much like a little country inn with a few glass shelters near it as a refuge on rainy days.

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the hotel in great favour, and the very pleasant cosmopolitan society which is to be found where the well-known Americans go clusters in its restaurant. There is a Spanish corner where half the dukes of Spain are generally to be found, and many of the Russian nobility are habitues of the restaurant. The Savoy has its own band. Nuncovitch, of Egyptian fame, is one of the proprietors of the Savoy, and a decorative Nubian in a long blue garment always stands at the front door. Just as aristocratic as the Savoy, or even more so, and certainly more peaceful, is the Bristol, which has a little hill of its own in the West End. The Bristol, The brother and sister of the Czar generally stay there for an autumn “ cure,” and on those occasions there are always one or two quiet men in the garden taking an interest in the scenery. The cooking at the Bristol is noticeably good, and the fact that the proprietor of this hotel married a daughter of the great house of Pupp may have something to say to this pleasant state of things. A rival to the Bristol and Savoy is Lord Westbury’s great hotel now rising on the Helenenhof, an hotel which is to be opened in 1912. A model of this new great house of fashion stood all last year in the upper station of the funicular railway, and the building, when completed, will be an ornament to Carlsbad. It will have command of magnificent views both up and down the valley. In previous editions of this book I have had a good word to say concerning the Goldener Schild, but that sound, old-fashioned hostelry is now being pulled down, and on its site is to rise the. new Kursaal. Since Herr Weishaupt rose to eminence every proprietor of a provision shop has established a restaurant. One of the most popular of these potzl's is behind Potzl's shop in the Marketplace. I have no doubt as to the excellence of the food provided there, but on a summer night the restaurant has always looked to me to be a very warm place. I have, however, eaten, and eaten very well, in the new and more airy room which Herr Potzl has opened on the first floor, and which looks down on to the marketplace. The best butter, and the best ham, and the best honey in Carlsbad are to be found at Potzl’s. Whenever an Englishman has a craving to break his "cure" and to eat such of the food of the country as his doctor has forbidden him, I find that he generally goes to Loib's, a hotel and restaurant which is in the Theatergasse almost behind the theatre. This restaurant is in high favour with the citizens of Carlsbad who are under no diet restrictions. In the environs of Carlsbad are many pleasant little restaurants where fresh-caught trout and the simple meats allowed by the doctors at the mid-day meal are to be found. At Aberg, where a watch- tower stands on the highest point of the hills, there is a terrace whence a beautiful view of the Eger valley is obtainable, and it is quite a pleasant spot for any one walking on the forest paths to call a halt for lunch. St. Leonhardt's, deeper in the forest, is another very pleasant little restaurant. The wood is on all sides or it, and it is much like a little country inn with a few glass shelters near it as a refuge on rainy days.

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