A dark dance floor, deafening beats and two people from different countries may be the ideal setup for a one-night stand but probably not for a long-lasting relationship. In , off-licence cashier Craig set off on a tour of Europe. When he came to the Hauptstadt , Yulia, a civil servant, was just visiting for a politics seminar. Their paths crossed at Tresor Club. It was this blissful ignorance that allowed them to carry on happy-go-lucky, taking their relationship one day at a time.
Because Craig and Yulia love Berlin and Craig bought a flat here when he had come upon some money he wanted to invest, they kept travelling back and forth between Russia and Berlin. Between seeing each other, we worked really hard and saved as much money as we could. Then we blew it, saved it and blew it again. When his time was up, they moved to Serbia together where they could both stay without a visa for three months.
It was the summer holiday break, and I was bored, so I gave him a call. Perhaps it was even her firm hand that gave him the reassurance he needed. In fact, it was this step that made Manfred loosen up a little.
And then, only two years after tying the knot in , Manfred became ill. The day Manfred started receiving care, he stopped talking altogether. Not all Berlin love stories have to start in Berlin.
Or Germany, even. The twist of fate happened in Munich in October , where the Wahlberliner went to see an old friend. Settled into a corner of a bar, ready to sip beers and chat about old times, a cm-tall Bavarian brunette caught sight of him. But the blessings in disguise get more troubling. Would she ever have moved to Berlin had she not met Nico? Munich is a village. But Nico knows how to make amends and put a ring on it last year. Craig and Yulia sipping beers at a pub in Novi Sad, Serbia in August last year β two days before visiting Berlin again.
