Day 1

The flight on Norwegian Air from LAX to Berlin was not first rate. I arrived at the hotel (Berlin Hilton) an hour after Bo, so she was already in the room. We immediately left to get a drink and food. Our hotel (Hilton Mitte) is located in the center of the city, in a beautiful square called Gendarmenplatz. We had no problem finding a place to eat or drink because all sides of the square are lined with restaurants. We did, however have a problem finding a table around 9 pm because all the restaurants were jammed. We did finally end up in a lovely restaurant/wine bar. The place was very charming, but it took at least 20 minutes before we finally got our wine. We ordered a wienerschnitzel to share. We knew it would be large, but it was enormous. The food was good, but we wouldn’t call it amazing so we were extremely surprised when we found out that this restaurant was listed as one of the top 10 in Berlin.