In the afternoon we visited the East Side Gallery, a 1.3 km long preserved strip of the Berlin Wall, that was given to artists to paint on. Some more famous works can be admired there …
Truth to be told, everyone was pretty done after that. Upon return to the hotel I had to use all my power of persuasion to get the rest of the family mobilized. It didn’t help that I had booked a table in a local Russian restaurant, a cuisine none of us was familiar with …
A short (or „too long“, according to the little one) walk from the hotel we found ourselves in Grüne Laterne.
I ordered a small crosssection of the menu …
Borscht
(Georgian) Kharcho - this was fantastic
Pelmeni stuffed with meat, served with sour cream
Carrot, apple & walnut salad
Fresh blini with trout caviar & salmon
Beef Stroganoff
Cabbage rolls with sour cream
All enjoyed with some local black beer & Georgian red wine - it was a fine dinner. The sceptics in the family were converted ☺️