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 So what is his favorite city? Berlin.
"I live in Washington, and it's so Washingtonian to really love
Berlin," Sorenson says. "It's a monumental city that has a lot of
history to it. And it's also one of the most innovative cities in
the world."
Sorenson has an eclectic cheat sheet for a memorable - and
productive - business stay in Berlin:
When you land: Go for a run outside as soon as you can.
"It allows you to see the city. I love the Tiergarten (Straße des
17), right by the Brandenburg Gate. It feels lived in. It feels
natural."
Power breakfast: Hotel Adlon Kempinski (Unter den Linden 77).
"The Adlon is the neighborhood of 'Mitte' which means 'Center,' the
former heart of Berlin, which ended up in East Berlin, but is again
the Mitte of the City."
Stay: A Marriott property, naturally. The Hotel am Steinplatz (Steinplatz
4).
"I love its mix of old and new. It's a 100-year-old building
entirely redone."
Best business meeting spot: Tiergarten (Straße des 17).
"If it's a one-on-one meeting, I'd probably take a walk right there
in the park because it's a bit unusual. And when you're on a
one-on-one basis, you can undo a lot of the formalities."
Team-building: Habitat for Humanity Germany.
"If you have enough time, get a habitat built, which you can
certainly arrange in Berlin. You're working on something productive
together."
Dinner with colleagues: Any place with a big table where everyone
can sit together and see each other will do the trick. Be sure to
dine on German food.
"I love schnitzel, it's hard not to. And in Germany, you've got to
eat cabbage. It's not a common American taste, but it's always done
beautifully there. I like Borchardt (Französische Straße 47),
located at Gendarmenmarkt. This is also where all celebrities go
during the film festival 'Berlinale.'"
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Best boite: "Bar am Steinplatz (Steinplatz 4).
"I love the design. It brings a mix of old-world Europe and a very
modern comfort to it."
Worth a visit: The Holocaust Memorial (Cora-Berliner-Straße 1) is
fabulous.
"Seeing it in Germany makes it a kind of Ground Zero experience. I
love its scale."
And don't forget Berlin's rich, diverse art museums, including the
New National Gallery (Neue Nationalgalerie; Potsdamer Straße 50,
10785 Berlin); the Hamburger Bahnhof (Invalidenstraße 50-51); the ME
Collectors Room (Auguststrasse 68); the KW Kunstwerke (Auguststraße
69) and the Martin Gropius Bau (Niederkirchnerstraße 7).
Tourist trap: Walk around the neighborhood by the Hotel Adlon (Mitte).
"It's alive and very active with great spaces to walk in and great
retail on a human scale."
(Editing by Lauen Young and Andre Grenon)
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