Our first trip to Berlin (Oct 2010)

Setting: Berlin, turn of the decade. It's the midst of a dark, damp, windy October. An aspiring professional has recently move his girlfriend (to her family's dismay) to a megalopolis and away from her closest friends. He then immediately finds out that he'll be sent away for work in Berlin for at least 3 months. Though they try to remain in close contact, the distance and the stress it causes is too much of a strain on both of them. An idea is hatched. She'll come out for a long weekend and the relationship will be saved.

Scene: a delirious Megan stumbles off the plane. She's connected through 10 different cities to minimize her ticket cost. She's ready to stroll the streets of a European city, sit in outdoor cafe's drinking wine, bask in old world tastes, not set a foot in a museum at any cost, and see lush palace gardens.... Whomp, whomp, whomp, I wouldn't say it was a homerun: