When we moved from the Netherlands to Germany back in 2008 we needed a car. We decided that a 3-year leasing car would be the best for us since the German Adventure should last only 3 years. We picked out a silver Opel Astra GTC Innovation.

The car was alright but a little bit too small for us. We where used to our bigger Opel Astra Caravan Business Edition we had in the Netherlands. That made us looking for a bigger car. The first choice was the new Opel Astra Sports Tourer but after checking it out it seemed smaller. Mainly because the Sports Tourer aspect which made the car better looking but the space was limited because of that.

That made us look for a bigger class of cars. The Volkswagen Passat and the Opel Insignia. We went to several Car dealers to have a more detailed look at both. And the modern design of the Opel Insignia made it our favorite. After a more detaield selection we picked out the following version:

Opel Insignia Sports Tourer Innovation 2.0 CDTI ECOflex

Color: Graphite black

Interior: Morrocana-Ribbon Beige

After booking a flight the next step was finding a place to sleep. With some tips from Sander’s colleague Anja, she lived in Berlin, we started searching for Hotels.

The first idea was to win a room via Priceline.com but we didn’t succeed, probably due the long period we wanted to stay in the hotel. But then Danielle found a hotel which opens in March 2011 near the Ku’damm (Kurfürstendamm), the main shopping street in former West-Berlin.

The hotel has a special opening price and there for we didn’t doubt booking this 4**** hotel. It’s called H10 berlin ku’damm. More information about the hotel can be found in the following link:

http://www.hotelh10berlinkudamm.com/