I highly recommend staying at Tia’s home in Berlin. We had a little hitch getting into the apartment at first, but to be fair, we arrived earlier than the check in time. But Tia made it work and even arranged for her husband to come and open up the door for us! The apartment is on the ground floor and is within walking distance to numerous restaurants and coffee shops, as well as the train station which takes you to all the main attractions. Tia’s apartment is in a great neighborhood, right across from a canal. In the evenings, people gather on the sides of the canal on their blankets, with bottles of wine or beer and just enjoy each other’s company and watch the swans (which are also very cool!). The apartment has a washing machine, but like most places, there is no dryer so you have to plan for a day of clothes drying on a rack. The bedrooms and bathrooms are very spacious and there’s plenty of closet space. Thankfully, Tia has an umbrella available because we got caught in a thunderstorm one night!! We will happily stay at Tia’s apartment when we return to Germany some day!!