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Cubicle Dreamin': Crooked Windows and a Warm Bath

Where: Rogner-Bad Blumau, Austria, 8283

Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? Send the story our way.

In this episode, Hotel Maven Amanda K let's us know where an Ozzie wants to get away from it all. Enjoy.

Oh, it's so easy to pick where I would go right now, if a magic carpet picked me up. Hands down a return to the Rogner Bad Blumau Resort in south-eastern Austria. It's a kind of fairytale place a couple of hours south of Vienna, with crazy colorful buildings--staff will proudly tell you that no two windows have the same size and shape--designed by slightly insane artist and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

Right now, they could be under snow, and swimming outdoors in a naturally hot thermal pool with snow flakes landing on your head is the ultimate way to de-stress at the end of the year. And there are plenty of indoor baths of different temperatures to soak in, too. And while the food has an emphasis on organic (my craving for chocolates didn't get too satisfied here), you soon adapt to this healthy lifestyle.

You have to be careful not to indulge too heavily in the organic wines, though--the path back to your room is not straight, not flat and not designed for those who are unsteady on their feet. Part of the charm of the almost childish (but oh-so-trendy) Hundertwasser style.

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