I'd stay away from the Ku-damm, Hugh. Last time I took She Who Must Be Obeyed, the I/C Home Front. there for a surprise Xmas shopping trip, some fatherless Zigeuner dipped her bag and stole her purse. My fault, of course. All my fault for flying her to Berlin when she'd have been just as happy wandering round Sauchiehall Strasse.

Thanks for the advice, but I practically lived there for three years, at Her Majesties request and expense! The only time I allowed myself to get ripped-off...I stopped the cheque! It's a funny story but not on a family forum!!!