Alone in the Suburbs of Berlin

Goodbye central Berlin and our battles with public transport to get to Russell’s Hospital each day.

George and I ubered to my new cheap and not that cheerful hotel to leave the bags before spending the morning with Russ. I am now only a five minute walk away….

As in all hospitals in weekends it’s kinda lacking it’s usual business and as Russ is feeling better, with oxygen, we all took a walk outside and sat in the gardens.

George needed to stretch out and made the most of the warmer day….already 25 degrees.

Sue finally getting to eat, and george snapped the cute couples photograph! Russ is wearing his house shoes ( supplied by hospital as I keep forgetting to bring his jandals)

Russ’s lunch came – soup with a sausage! He said it was really nice.

We hung out until nearly 2pm, and as George was hungry and catching a bus to the airport at 2.30, we left Russ for a nap.

I was now able to check in to my room…and the promised ground floor room was 3rd floor, no air conditioning, no fridge (chucked out my cheese and ham) – no jug/cup/tea or coffee and no shower soap. Just a room with a bed! When I asked if there was somewhere I could make a coffee, the receptionist told me McDonalds (a mile away)…that’ll look good in my jammies at 7am! She did say I could have hot water, and then I had to “moo” at her so she knew I was asking about milk! George looked horrified and I was very politely told No – I could have hot water.

I walked George to the bus stop, (he is still at the airport three hours later as the plane is delayed) and returned to my 3rd floor empty room! By now the temperature was around 30 degrees, so I lay sweating like a ripening tomato in a glass hothouse for an hour.

Decided I better go in search of a snack for dinner and a drink, before coming back to Russ, we will go outside again soon, then I’ll race to my new sleeping place, and drink my two beers quickly (before they get too hot) and see what other interesting conversations I can strike up with the receptionist!