I am writing this on Wednesday morning on the train from Berlin to Hilversum. Tuesday morning started a little rainy, Miriam still coughing a lot but determined to get out and see more of Berlin. We had researched best coffees in Berlin and picked Oliv in the Mitte area. We found it with no issues and ordered our capuccino and plum cake. The plum cake was great but the coffee disappointing. We headed then to the DDR museum. This museum showed us what life w...

I am starting this on Sunday afternoon and we are all taking it easy, Miriam particularly. This morning it was clear that we needed outside medical help for her. A very nice young doctor came to the apartment and prescribed antibiotics, an inhaler and paracetamol. Hopefully these will start to have an impact in the morning. On Saturday in the early evening we had our pre-booked visit to the Reichstadt, the German parliament building. This building was hardly u...