Back To The Berlin Resort

     A couple of weeks ago I reminded Tom that our 42nd anniversary was coming up.

      "Amish Country?" he asked.
      "Amish Country," I agreed.
     It seems that each year as our anniversary approaches we toss around the idea of doing something different, something special. But this year we just cut to the chase, because every year after tossing around a few interesting anniversary trip options we always end up admitting that what we really feel like doing is spending a couple of days in Amish Country,

...at the Berlin Resort in Berlin, Ohio,

...doing the same things we always do: hanging out at the hotel, walking around the grounds,

...walking up and down the main strip in downtown Berlin,

...looking at all the stuff in the dozens of Amish craft and tchotchke emporiums that line the strip,

...and eating comfort food,

...all of which we did on this trip, which was in truth pretty much a replay  of our past four Amish Country anniversary trips.
     I suppose that Amish Country now kind of feels like "our" place. Or maybe we've just become programmed.
      In any case, in the late morning of Thursday, February 21,

...we set out from our neighborhood,

...and traveled east of Columbus on US route 62, and were reminded after a few miles that Columbus really is a provincial capital, as very soon outside the city one is in the heart of farm country,

...and small-town Ohio.

    Our first stop was in Danville, about an hour outside Columbus,

where we always stop for lunch,

...at a cute little place called The Hangout,

...where the prices are right,

...and they serve the best veggie sub on a warm, soft roll,

....and the hottest, crispiest, tastiest fries. (Note to self: Next time do not order a small order of fries, left. Order half  an order or split a small order).

      After lunch we drove another forty-five minutes through the scenic countryside,

...until we reached Berlin, in the heart of Ohio Amish Country,

...and the Berlin Resort.

    As always, our room was pretty and spotlessly clean,

...as was the whole hotel.
     After we settled in we did a once around the place.

    The ball-room.

     There are several lounge areas around the building,

...and a gift/
snack shop,

...from which one can borrow games.

   Among the several work-out and weight rooms,

...this time I discovered a yoga room,

...which I later utilized.

    When dinner time rolled around we headed into town,

...to one of the few business establishments that's open after 5 pm,

...the Farmstead Restaurant,  which is open until 8 pm,

...and where we partook - make that over-partook - of the copious buffet,

...and  I couldn't resist getting my carb on.

   After dinner we  returned to the Berlin Resort in time for my favorite of the hotel's amenities, the 7 pm nightly movie shown in the hotel theater.

  We learned that the Berlin Resort is one of the few hotels in the world with a movie theater inside.

     The hotel has a list of movies that the guests can choose from, but it's first come, first serve request-wise.  On Thursday night Tom and I were the first guests to put in a request. There were quite a few good movies on the list, but we'd seen them all, so from among the offerings we hadn't seen we chose "The Minority Report" with Tom Cruise. It was watchable.
     In any case, as we were the only ones who showed up for the movie we had the theater to ourselves,

   To be continued...

...which was cool.