…”on the train of Middelmann history…” Maryke tells the story, beginning on Tuesday 2nd June
After an uneventful flight we arrived in a very green Holland. We did not have much time between our arrival and departure for Berlin and there were two things uppermost in my mind: where can I find Zoutes and will our suitcases make the transfer in time? Both were successfully accomplished.
A taxi took us to Hotel Zoo on the Kurfuersterdamm (or Ku’dam is it is better known). It is a Design hotel and is very nicely laid out and with very nice rooms. Of course there is dimmed light everywhere to lend atmosphere. This hotel in its heyday and before refurbishing hosted the likes of Greta Garbo, Romy Schneider and all kinds of celebrities, royals and politicians. When you go up in the lift from the ground floor, flashbulbs pop in the wall of the lift as if you are being paparazi’d.
We arrived mid-afternoon and it certainly was too late for a mittag-schlaf so we went walkabout. The first thing we came across, near to the hotel, was the Wilhelm 1 Gedachnis Kirche.
Above: The Gedachtniskirche in Berlin