Country to City

 A much earlier start to finish packing and breakfast by 0830 when René wanted to show us the new floors for all their 1st floor apartments. It looks lovely, the same shade as inside our kitchen cupboards!

An uneventful drive and filling fuel got us to Rental Car Return a little early. S1 train into Hauptbanhof. Café Kuchen in the huge food hall in the ginormous station. Killed an hour there doing a crossword before getting the ICE1007 to Berlin. Train v comfortable, quite empty, no stops. In the Hbf we got our Berlin Welcome cards for all travel plus 25% discounts at many places. Then the S7 out to Raoul Wallenberg, which took 30 mins.

Susan's parents Wolfgang & Renata met us on platform as arranged and escorted us to the flat via a short bus ride. We walked in companionable silence, not having any common language beyond greetings. The flat which is visitors to the area, and is a perfect size and very comfortable. We gave chocs & wine to W & R as a thank you for arranging helping. After a brief rest we walked 8 minutes to Aldi to stock up, then collapsed, knackered. No pics taken today.

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