Our 2 night stay at Dirk & Silke’s place was the perfect start of a trip meant to expose our 3 teenage kids to Berlin, Prague and the surrounding nature. Dirk & Silke’s place provided generous space for a family of 5, with a lovely vaulted ceiling living room and a balcony. The area has pine covered hills with homes within walking distance to the water. Our family just fit into the row boat that was provided and had some laughs on the water. It is possible to walk along the water's edge for a pleasant walk in the woods of about an hour. We could walk to dinner in about 15 minutes at Gasthaus Müggelheim and on the second night at Down Town Diner & Motel - both with amazingly delicious food. There was an Aldi at walking distance as well, so we were able to leaving our car parked in front of Dirk & Silke’s place for all things local. When asked about local boating excursions, Dirk suggested Rübezahl and although our family wanted to continue our journey to Berlin centre at the moment we considered it, it looked like a nice boat tour.