Plans for Berlin

We leave on Tuesday at 1 pm. First leg takes us to Newark, second leg to Berlin. We arrive Wednesday at 8 am. Before we leave, we need to clean the house, get the cats' food and litter ready, clean out the fridge, finish laundry, choose books for the trip, and decide what else to bring (electronics adapter/converter, fancy clothing for the wedding, walking shoes, jacket). Oh, and then we have to pack.

But first we're going to our friends' wedding (first of two that we'll attend in the next week) and my dad's birthday celebration. We need to leave in about an hour and a half to go to the wedding. I'm still waking up and drinking coffee.

Plans for the trip include Katrin and Christian's wedding at Schloss Ziethen, hanging out with Katrin and Christian before their wedding, and hanging out with Alex after their wedding. Other than that, I just want to see the Reichstag and walk around Berlin. We'd like to eat some Wurst and good German dairy products (Quark!) and tasty bread and cakes. Also, I hear Berlin has an excellent reputation for brunch. That should be fun. We're staying in an apartment near Katrin and Christian's for the first half of the trip, then staying at their apartment when they leave for their honeymoon. I hope we'll rent bikes, since that really is the classic way to get around a German city. We'll see how it works out.

Okay, off to clean up for the day. More about the trip to come.