Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Unter den Linden ...

A quick update from the Berlin Hilton. We arrived yesterday afternoon after a six hour train ride from Amsterdam. It rained most of the day. We were upgraded to the executive floor in the Hilton ... nice! The privileges of being a Hilton Honnors member pays off :-)

To our big surprise, my good friend Alessandro Acquisti is in Berlin as well. He joined us last night and we went out to the Scheunenviertel neighborhood for dinner and drinks. This is a lively area with lots of trandy bars and restaurants. It´s the old Jewish area in Berlin and lays in the old East Berlin. Megan wanted to eat pasta (what else?) and we found a great Italian restaurant called El Dente. Even Alessandro, who in principle doesn´t like Italian restaurants outside Italy, was impressed. Afterwards we walked around and had a beer before we went back to the hotel at around 1:30am. A very nice evening indeed.

Today Megan and I will rent bikes and will bike around Berlin. NOt sure yet where we will end up.

1 comment:

Mary Ellen Sierhuis said...

How was the bike ride? I bet that was (as we say on the left coast, hella cool) Dinner sounded great too. What an experience for all of you. Give us a holla at home, kitty and Dough miss your walks, lol. Meg's meter is on its way, will be at Oma's by Wed. Have fun!!!!!