Zermützel and its neighbourhood (Neuruppin)

Zermützel is a small village, not far from Neuruppin. It is quite a story how Teije ever met people from here, which we won't tell you here, but he comes here since 1984 when it still belonged to East Germany. It has been two years since we last were here. We have quite some catching up to do, so we talk for a few hours after breakfast.

We slept in 'our own' bungalow, on a hill, but we have breakfast at our friends' place, Wolfgang en Annemarie Falkenberg. After 'Die Wende' they have lived quite a long time in uncertainty about their house and whether they could stay there. It is a very nice place, situated along a lake. Finally they got the chance to buy it and they did.

On the other side of the road live Thomas (son of Annemarie en Wolfgang) and Coletta with their son Nikolai. We like them also very much.

In the afternoon we leave, with Annemarie, for Neuruppin. Roman, another son of theirs, just opened there his own lunchroom, the Coffee-inn. Originally, he is a cook and worked as a cook many years abroad, from Russia to England.

Everything is orange, it could be a royal home in Holland. It is a quiet, but colourful place and although he is only open for a few weeks there are already a lot of customers.

We stay there for quite some time and decide to advertise his place a bit through this website.

We have seen more than enough buildings and statues in Berlin, today is reserved for maintaining our social contacts. But when we return to our car we couldn't resists taking this picture of the statue of Theodor Fontane, a well-known 19th century poet who was born here.

Back in Zermützel, it is time for Mohnküchen, Teije's favourite cake and Elisabeth agrees with him. Enjoying the sun, more people, whom we still know from our last visit, come by.

At the end of the afternoon we take a relaxing stroll along the lake, where some people are still swimming. It is warm, so why not?

We just stand aside and watch, maybe another time... We are still astonished that we are so lucky with the weather, every time we leave Holland. Against all weather predictions it is 25°C at the moment.

Until eleven at night we sit outside in T-shirt and we meet some more old acquaintances. It is delightful to have such a quiet day after the long and exhausting walks through Berlin. A city is nice to visit for a few days, but the quietness of nature outside appeals even more to us.