We left Hamburg pretty early on and after a minor mishap with the GPS vs one way streets, we picked up the Autobahn. Pretty uneventful really - however, I did manage to set a new top speed. We've now seen 135mph, or 215kph. Pretty impressive. We arrived in Berlin at around 1430 and checked in to our room. Another small issue that they'd not got our booking - firstly, it was under the surname of Gary and forename of Smith. Second, it was booked for the 02/05 instead of 02/04. Still, we've at least got somewhere to sleep. We took a look around the area and Sioned complained of feeling rather poorly. Got her back to the hotel and put her to bed whilst I went and sorted some stuff out on my own. It was at this point that I managed to drop the D100 - hard - on to the surface of the car park. It picked up some scratches to the memory card door, but other than that, looked fine. I looked in again on Sioned and she was feeling pretty awful - running a high temperature, lethargic, swollen glands - not really the first thing you'd ask for on your honeymoon. We decided I'd go to the nearest pharmacy and see if they could do anything for us. Absolutely top class chemist who understood pretty much all of the English I threw at her (my German doesn't stretch to swollen glands and sore throat), but could only say that she'd had lots of people describing the same thing recently - ie we're stuffed. However, she did say that there's a top notch doctor just down the road who'd have a look if we were wanted a second opinion. Fair enough. I phoned Sioned and let her know what I'd found out, and she said I should stay out and do something whilst she slept. Sioned had spotted a balloon bobbing up and down from the hotel window and suggested I go and have a look at it. The Berlin Hi-Flyer is pretty much just over the road from where we're staying - a massive helium filled balloon tethered to earth that costs 13 Euro to take a ride on. Mindblowing views across Berlin from 150m up. Well worth a visit. Unfortunately, whilst 150m, the D100 started acting up - badly. When I released the shutter, it would "lock" - the camera would die entirely. Nothing on any of the screens, it wouldn't switch on or off. I removed the battery, but it back in again and the display said err. Bugger. I did this a few more times and managed to get a few more photos out of it, but some of them were immediately appearing as corrupt. This wasn't looking good. After the balloon landed, I went straight back to the hotel and googled for the symptoms. Apparently I could've knocked the aperture link arm from the camera to the lens. A costly replacement at around 0, and something prone to going in this model. Another article mentioned the same problem, but found it was experienced with either the EN-EL3 battery was at the end of its life, or the alkaline batteries used in the MB-D100 grip were losing their charge. Although the battery in the camera was still showing full, I'd be able to take one exposure - then it would show that it'd lost some charge. Go to take another, and the camera falls over. I replaced the battery - and all is well in the world. To say I breathed a sigh of relief is an understatement. I also called NPS and they've said they'll send me out a spare memory card door to replace the scratched one. A veritable woo and yay all round. Sioned was still in bed at this time and feeling no better. We decided we'd call a doctor out to her to make sure that nothing was really amiss, and generally to put her mind at rest. I organised this, then headed out to have a look around, and also grab some food. I've only got as far as Postdamer Platz, but Berlin is an absolutely mind blowing place. Take a look at the display opposite the Pricewaterhousecooper building, outside the train station - the photo of the church being blown up to make way for the building of the wall is certainly one that makes you think. I found something to eat at a restaurant opposite the Discover Legoland building, then headed back to the hotel. It wasn't long before the doctor arrived and diagnosed what the chemist had said - it's something doing the rounds, but he's given us the name of something to buy which might make her feel a bit better, as well as leaving us a hefty bill for his visit. Hopefully Sioned will feel a bit better tomorrow so that she can experience some of what Berlin has to offer. It seems a spectacular place.