Berlin - Arrived Safely

If a plane leaves SFO at 7 pm and arrives in Berlin (via Frankfurt) at 5:30 pm, how many hours does it take? I'll give you a hint, Berlin is 9 hours ahead of San Francisco. Bet you didn't know there would be math!

We're staying at the Mercure at Check Point Charlie, GREAT location. Edie and Michael love it because it is a modern style, Dave loves it because there's plenty of room, and we all love it because it is in a great location. Oh, and Michael loves that they have a little work station because he brought his own computer this year! Which is really odd because until the France trip he had never even sent an email! We're all getting the power switches and toilets down...it is a little tougher than you think.
Look at how they make up the bed. This is two twins pushed together and we each have our own comforter....and one very flat pillow.

I was a little worried when I looked in here and didn't see a toilet! I thought it was hidden behind the wall, but you'll see in the next photo. And that's a drying rack which is so handy if you want to wash out a few clothes....it's a close to a clothesline as I can get :)

And here's the toilet and tiny sink around the corner from the shower.

We have lots of big windows. One is just a window (that actually opens) and the other is a private balcony. We couldn't figure out how to open the darn thing when we woke up at 3 and the room was really warm...probably because we were drying socks on the towel heating rack. We did figure it out in the am, so we're set for the other nights.