Happy Wanderer, I own a builders yard in London and visited Berlin last year. (If you happen to be a plasterer you would be in big demand out there)! It's a new city on the up and up, go see the zoo, art gallaries and museums they are excellent, the Fosters Club is an absolute must at weekends. Public transport is without doubt the best in Europe. Wife wants me to sell my Mayfair suite and buy a second home there ! Good luck with it.