At check-in to their new apartment, the guy from the agency mentioned to them that the owner was a German cameraman/filmmaker who travelled a lot. He would be returning to the flat on the day Dave & Kate were due to check out.
Whether it was the artistic energy, the two Buddha statues, or just the layout of the apartment itself, they immediately felt very comfortable here. Some places take a little longer to settle into but a few rare ones have that 'right' feel immediately. It was a lot brighter than the last apartment and had more things in it, plus a raised platform where the couch and coffee table sat and underneath a pull-out double bed. They had never seen that type of thing before and liked it.
They were now about as far east in the city as you'd want to be without going into the outer districts of Berlin. A clear sign the next move could only be out of the city itself. The next sign was when Dave opened the kitchen cupboard and pulled out this mug...
Naturally, a Kaisers supermarket was nearby and now they were really in the heart of east Berlin. Frankfurter Allee (formerly Stalin Allee under the old regime) was the main shopping street, 2 mins up the road. They hadn't used a Subway takeaway place since Paris but with everything closed on the Sunday they checked in and no groceries it was there again to get them by. For the rest of the week they ate potatoes for tea.
Money was just about out (they had enough to last the week) but the prospect of a new influx was promising. Or so they thought...
