berlin, west virginia - 'the coolest small town in america' - is a gem. & how did we find this gem you ask? we found it while looking for a walmart. so, thank you, walmart, for being difficult to find this time around.
we were headed to ocean city & intended to spend the night at walmart to avoid the crowds, but fell in love with berlin & stayed there instead. it was so quaint. like something out of a movie. pretty storefronts, a creamery, american flags flying, the whole bit. it also had a beautiful public parking lot with 24 hour bathrooms & a picnic table under a tree which we used to eat dinner. & on top of all of that [ yes, there's more, if you can believe it ], it had a brewery. this wee town in what seemed to us like the middle of no where, had a brewery.
and what a brewery it had. there were at least fifteen beer on tap, they did flights & everything we tried was delicious. &, much to our delight, we found ourselves sitting next to a chatty craft beer loving family from pennsylvania. we talked beer [ duh ], travel [ they are serious campers & appreciated our journey ] & life in general. we had a laugh, they gave us some travel tips &, in return, we gave them a bottle of T&N beer we'd been carting around. after a while they said goodbye [ they had to make their way back to their campground ], but not before insisting on giving the bartender $20USD toward our bill. the kindness we've received from strangers [ who are now friends ] has been unreal.
as for ocean city, it was a shit show, so after fifteen minutes we saddled up & hit the road - again.
follow us on instagram: www.instagram.com/openheartsopenroad
we were headed to ocean city & intended to spend the night at walmart to avoid the crowds, but fell in love with berlin & stayed there instead. it was so quaint. like something out of a movie. pretty storefronts, a creamery, american flags flying, the whole bit. it also had a beautiful public parking lot with 24 hour bathrooms & a picnic table under a tree which we used to eat dinner. & on top of all of that [ yes, there's more, if you can believe it ], it had a brewery. this wee town in what seemed to us like the middle of no where, had a brewery.
and what a brewery it had. there were at least fifteen beer on tap, they did flights & everything we tried was delicious. &, much to our delight, we found ourselves sitting next to a chatty craft beer loving family from pennsylvania. we talked beer [ duh ], travel [ they are serious campers & appreciated our journey ] & life in general. we had a laugh, they gave us some travel tips &, in return, we gave them a bottle of T&N beer we'd been carting around. after a while they said goodbye [ they had to make their way back to their campground ], but not before insisting on giving the bartender $20USD toward our bill. the kindness we've received from strangers [ who are now friends ] has been unreal.
as for ocean city, it was a shit show, so after fifteen minutes we saddled up & hit the road - again.
follow us on instagram: www.instagram.com/openheartsopenroad
No comments:
Post a Comment