Berlin for new year 1

I'm ill and off work just now, so it gives me some time to update.


I had a great girly holiday in Berlin from 28th Dec to 4th Jan. It really helped prevent to between Christmas and new year slump and we had a memorable new year. (in a good way unlike the years that have resulted in court case, fights, embarrassments etc)

I had rented the small flat in Charlottenburg. Small but perfectly formed and warm and comfortable.

This is the building we lived in, you had to go in the front door then through a little courtyard in the middle, in another door and up the stairs to our little flat.


Once inside we had one bedroom that Claire and Lynne shared and a small en suite bathroom. These photos are of the other room, the kitchen/dining/living room. I slept in here on the sofa bed. Lorna was staying in a new and very nice hotel. Near the famous KA De We department store and the original and fabulous Cafe Einstein. There is also a coffee chain which we assumed are owned by the same folks but which are not of the same class.

The public transport system in Berlin is really good but as the city is so big it took us a few days to work it all out. We had been meeting Lorna in the mornings and taking the most obvious routes via er U bahn stop before realising that the less obvious route was significantly quicker. Thefirst day Lynne and Claire were on a late flight and both Lorna and I got a bit lost and confused trying to go from our accommodations to meet at the Hotel Adlon (where Michael Jackson dangled baby blanket from the window) we had very expensive, but very good cocktails. I discovered that I did not invent the Tom Jones ( a Tom Collins with lime instead of lemon) and that in fact it is called a gimlet.

We went our own ways after dinner and I went home and waited for the Macmillans.