Art & Architecture Trip - Day 36

Frau Johland woke me this morning (0930) with news that she had arranged for tickets to Berlin and that we needed to leave for the airport in less than five hours! I was very surprised, but I got ready and we left the house at 1415. Only Stephan and I were going - his dad will meet us in Berlin later. The plane ride was relatively short - one hour. We went via British Airways flight 3016 at 1505. On the way, I saw the Berlin Wall from the air. We landed at Jegel, one of three airports in the Western Sector, and were greeted by Stephan's sister, Sabine. She lives in the middle of the city - in an apartment - less than a mile from Kaiser Wilhelm Church. We walked in the shops nearby before having a pizza for supper. Then (between 2000 and 0100), Stephan and I played Skat and listened to the radio. It rained hard - and we had to cancel plans to go to an ice cream parlor. I hope to have a good time here - we won't be going back to Bergisch-Gladbach until Saturday night!