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ʻO ke kuhikuhiʻana i ka St Ermin's Hotel
Ua hoʻokumuʻia ka paepaeʻaina a me ka balconies o ka Lobby St Ermin e kekahi mea hoʻohanohano kahiko o Victorian Music, JPBriggs. ʻO ka hui pūʻana o nā huaʻano Rococco a me Art Nouveau, a me nā kāpili kelepuni o ka'āina i ka makahiki 1900. © Ferne Arfin E komo i ka St Ermin's Hotel, ma o ka hoʻouka houʻiaʻana, e hoʻokomo hou i ka puka kīhāpai āu e kū nei i ka hilinaʻi kupaianaha o ke alakai kiʻekiʻe a me ka hanaʻana i ka plasterwork rococo i nā wahi āu e nānā ai. He hale loli ma ka hōkele a he hale pāʻani hula Victorian paha?
ʻAʻohe mea hōʻailona e nānā ai i nā keʻena o ka hōkele - kēia loʻi nui a me nā papa hauʻoli - kahi i hana muaʻia e Lākana e hoʻolālā kiʻi JP Briggs, aʻo ia hoʻi ke kuleana o ka York Grand Opera House, Doncaster Grand Theatre, a me Tunbridge Wells Opera House.
ʻO ka hana a St. Ermin, he hui pūʻia me Art Nouveau, ke mele mele baroque a me ka rococo, me nā kiʻi o Art Deco - nani loa nā mea a pau i hiki i ka hoʻohālikelike o ka 20st century ke lele aku i laila - he mau maka e nānā i kona lā.
Akāʻo ka manawa a me ka hōkele o kahi pāʻani ma kahi o ke alahele o nā alanui i hāpai i ko lākou nui. ʻO ka St. Ermin's kahi kokoke i ka puʻuwai o London - Westminster Cathedral, Big Ben, Palemene, Buckingha m Palani , Hale kiaʻi, St James 'Park - akāʻaʻole maopopo. Ma hope o Victoria Street, ma kahi'ē aʻe o Scotland Yard a me ke keʻena nui o ka London Underground , uaʻikeʻole ia i ka manaʻo ma kahi wahi lōʻihi o Lākana, aʻaʻole iʻikeʻo Londonman nui. Ma ka kenekulia 21, ua lilo ia i mea hoʻonanea o nā manaʻo nui o kāna mea hana kiʻi, kahi hoʻomahaʻana ma nā huakaʻi huakaʻi maʻalahi me kahi pahu e hoʻohanaʻia e nā luna keʻena o ka moku.
Ka Nānā hou, ka Līkini Hou o ke ola
I kēia manawa, ma hope o ka hoʻololiʻana o ka nohoʻana, ua hoʻolālāʻia ka hōkele i kahi £ 30 miliona hou a hōʻoluʻolu. No ka hoʻolālāʻana i kahi kūlana 4-helu hou, ua hoʻolaha ka papahana a St Ermin i ka mea'eneho kūwaho i kēia manawa, akā, mālamaʻia nāʻano hiʻohiʻona o ka hōkele. Me nā kumukūʻai o ka lumi, akāʻaʻole i hoʻolimalima, kūpono no kahi kūlana kūikawā, a he lumi lumi haleʻelua wale nō e waiho ai i ka lumiʻaina, kahi maikaʻi loa o ka St Ermin. Ua hoʻoholo mākou e hāʻule i loko o kahi o ka ihu.
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ʻO ka Bar kahi i hanaʻia ai ka Moʻolelo?
He hou ka mea hou akāʻo kaʻaha ma St Ermin's Hotel ka pahu kumu mua kahi i kū ai nā kiu o Cold War i ko lākou mau kuʻi lima. © Ferne Arfin ʻO ka Caxton Lounge a me ka Bar ma kahi o St Ermin's i kēia manawa, me kahi paina zinc, nā paia keʻokeʻo mahana, nā kāpena a me nā ottoma a me nā puka ahi.
Mai kona makahiki hou i ka makahiki 2011, ua hāʻawi ka pahu i kahi papa inoa o nā waina waina ma waena o ka honua, nā puaʻa mai Lādona microberwery, Meimeime, a me ka wae maikaʻi o nāʻuhane. Hāʻawi pū ka pahu i ka manawa maʻamau o ka nininiʻana i nā waina, nā champagnes a me nā hawanawana ma "nā huakaʻi"ʻekolu, i hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohālikelike i ka hanaʻana i ka hanaʻana i nā papa a me nā kāpas.
Mōʻaukala
ʻOiai, he mea nui paha ia, akā hiki ke hiki i kahi mau meaʻelua o ka Cambridge Five mau kiu o nā mākaʻi Pelekāne -ʻo Guy Burgess, Kim Philby - i kākākūkā i nā mea huna me ka hui pū me ko lākou poʻe Lūkini ma kēia pā. Heʻoiaʻiʻo no kekahi manawa,ʻo ka MI6 (ʻo James Bond ma ke ala), kahi i hana aiʻo Philby a me Burgess, a me nā hui aupuni'ē aʻe, he mauʻoihana ma ka St Ermin. ʻO kēia ka wahi e kiu kelepona? Maikaʻi paha. Akā he meaʻoluʻolu ke noʻonoʻo i nā manaʻo o kou mau hoa mea inu i ka wā e kuʻi ana i hope i kahi whiskey ma ka pahu mua.
A i ka hanaʻana i ka moʻolelo i kēia manawa? ʻAʻole paha he haleʻaina a haleʻaina paha i loko o kahi wīwī liʻiliʻi o ka Halepule,ʻo Scotland Yard, a me nā kākoʻo aupuni he nuiʻole kahi i kākauʻoleʻia ai nā manaʻo hoʻomanaʻo politika i kēia manawa. Ma ka hopena e kānalua anaʻoe, e hoʻomanaʻo i ka ho'ōkiʻana i ka keʻena nui o St Ermin. Ma kahi o kaʻaina inuʻaina, eʻikeʻoe i ka Bell Bell. Hoʻolālā ia e kāhea i nā mea leka i ka Palepule i ka wā e pono ai lākou no ka koho.
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ʻO ka Hale Wet
ʻO ka lumi ulu nani ma ka St Ermin's Hotel. © Ferne Arfin ʻO ka hapa nui o nā lumiʻaila ma kahi hōkele o St Ermin i nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe e Villeroy & Boch a iʻole Porcelanosa nō hoʻi, akā, he papahana maʻamau ka papahana a me nā papahana. Eia naʻe, ua hele nā mea hoʻolālā i ke kauhale ma nāʻaina maikaʻi maikaʻi he 41. Ma lailaʻo "nā keʻena pāluʻi" ma hope o ke aniani uila e hui pū i nā'auwaʻa hauʻoli ma luna o ka moana a me nā ua ua nui ma kahi papa pōhaku. He mea maʻalahi ka hoʻohanaʻana i ka hakahaka, e hiki ai i nā suʻi keʻano iʻoi aku ka nui o ka ākea.
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ʻO ka lumi hale
ʻO ka lumi hale ma ka St Ermin's Hotel. © Ferne Arfin ʻO ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe houʻana i ka St Ermin o ka Hōkele,ʻo ia nō ka hoʻonuiʻana i ka hiku o ka hoʻokele hiwahiwa o ka hale, kahi 331 mau heiau kiʻekiʻe. Mai 18 mau mika i ka 60 mau mika kaulike a me nā lumi he 41, 53 mau "mana" lumi a me kahi kūpono no kahi hui waena o Lādana ma kēia kumukūʻai he 18 mau lumi hoʻokipa.
ʻO nā lumi haleʻeluaʻelua mau moena Mō'īwahine a me kahi moena moe,ʻelua baila, kahi waihoʻoluʻolu maikaʻi, a me nā mea hana. ʻO nā lumi, i hoʻonaniʻia i ka'ōnahu o kēia manawa, e komo i nā lumi loli LCD nui, pālahalaha, nā pūnaewele hoʻohui hiʻona nui, ka laina uila a me ka punaewele, nā lako hoʻokūkū MP3 a me nā keʻena mai ka White Company.
ʻO Er Er's Hotel Hōʻike
- Helu wahi: Caxton Street London SW1H 0QW
- Pūnaewele
- Price Band: $$$
- Kaʻaiʻana a me ka inuʻana:
- Caxton Grill - Ke kumu kūʻai kūʻai hou o nā mea'enela Pākīpika me nā mea maʻamau, kaulana i ka poʻe o ka'āina i ka manawa awakea.
- Caxton Bar - Ke inu a me ke kapa. I ka wā maikaʻi, nā mea inu a me nā kīhā paʻalulu i lawelaweʻia i alfresco ma Caxton Terrace.
- I ka hopena o Tea ma ka hale hōkele o ka hale hōkele.
- Nā hale'ē aʻe: He hauʻoli, nā pipi ma luna o ka hale e hoʻoulu i ka honi pono'ī pono'ī, 15 mau hālāwai a me nā lumiʻaina.