A detail of the incredible Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park.

I feel so lucky to live in such a beautiful area of Berlin! Rathaus Schöneberg is just beautiful.

A few months ago, I had a fascinating wander through the Haus des Rundfunks, the world’s oldest broadcasting unit, active since 1929!

Did you know Berlin tried to build and open a new airport a few years ago? Well, it’s still not opened, and is now already way too small! I spotted this discarded bit of the ill-fated Berlin-Brandenburg Airport looking rather forlorn in the Friedenau neighbourhood…far from its intended location next to Schönefeld.

Berlin is a very flat city, but did you know that Berlin has a hill? And there’s an artificial waterfall running down it, which gets turned off in winter to stop the pipes freezing! But in the summer, it’s on and the sight and sound of running water from the top of Viktoriapark in the middle of the city is something to be savoured.

BBQ season is in full swing this summer, and what better place to enjoy the weather than on the runways of the former Tempelhof Airport?!

What’s your favourite place for a BBQ?

I recently met this lady on the U-bahn (Berlin underground/subway), born in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) in 1937, who advises us all to practice yoga!