Flying out of the airport on the early flight is never easy; checking out early, getting the shuttle to the airport, checking in, and then flying out. Rarely have i managed to feel rested after such a night.
That is all different now when StringGirl flew out of Dusseldorf Flughafen (Airport). First of all, the Maritim is smack dab in the middle of the Dusseldorf Airport campus (not airside but just outside the concourses). So if you want you can sleep until the last minute and just take a short walk to the airport.
The hotel is one of the nicest i have stayed in on a airports premises. It has a large sweeping lobby nicely appointed and modern. Directly you see that their are multiple restaurants inside the atrium-like lobby, with seating in the atrium or their dining rooms.
StringGirl opted for the Sushi place for a bowl of Udon with tempura and a few spicy tuna rolls. One might not expect to find reliable sushi in Germany but the Dusseldorf Sushiso restaurant did not disappoint. A little pricey but it is a premium hotel at the aiport, so roll with it.
The rooms are American hotel scale big, with generous size beds, bathrooms that don't require contortionist skills to navigate and a functional desk.
For being at the airport, the rooms are amazingly quiet. I did not hear a single plane all night, nor a peep from the hallway or neighbors. Large flat screen TV is there for all the CNN, BBC, and MSNBC news i could handle. Unfortunately, there were no other english language stations that were not 24/7 news (i don't count MTV which usually runs in English, with only moderate overdubbing. But there is nothing more sad than the flavor of reality TV that they run.)
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