Instead of going to Spain and meeting all those wonderful friends of mine, it'll be Berlin for the next weeks. With a short break in Düsseldorf, to meet family.How comes? Well, March just doesn't seem to be my time for going to Spain. It happened last year, when I had to cancel a flight to Madrid, planning to go to the sierras, and same now. Sigh.
And the reason? My stupid sinusitis!
I had been to the doctors yesterday afternoon, and was told to have second thoughts on going anywhere by plane with a sinusitis like mine right now. I got some pills, and they'll make me even more sleepy. Not the best time to go partying in Las Fallas, sleeping in a sports' hall with more than 200 others, if sleeping at all, that is.
So I was very sad, but had to write to all the people who had offered a place in their flat and their car to take me around and welcome me in their homes, and cancel our plans. Hopefully they're postponed only, and I can make it later this year, or rather next year for the Fallas. Cross your fingers!
Other than that I was lucky to go to Tegel for the first time ever (not counting the airport, that is), and enjoyed a beautiful sunset at the lake, discovered some great woods and the oldest tree in Berlin (dating from 1192 and called "Dicke Marie"), the oldest pub ("Alter Fritz", formerly known as "Neuer Krug", dating from 1410), spooky as well, mentioned in Goethe's "Faust", and even saw that there's Greenwich in Berlin (a promenade along the lake where you climb the boats for a cruise, with a typical british square, even a red phone booth - working). Imagine! Life's full of surprises! :)
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