Few years ago, when I worked for one of the magazine from HK, I traveled quite often, once or twice a month. But even I went to the same destination which I have been to before, I seldom stayed in the same place. I was quite happy to search for new. In those few years I visited Berlin for four times, but I stayed Hotel Art Nouveau for two times, which was also recommended by my colleague who stayed beforehand. Why? I guess you may agree with me, because of the host, the owner. He is a very friendly German with a nice artistic wife who came from Austria. They have a kind a love story which is easy to understand: opened a guest house because they wanted to build their nest fill with love. And they both loved travel around the world. So when they tried to find a place to settled down a bit, they bought some flats on a building. His wife designed the interior and he do his managing work. First when I came, they treated me like a friend and the following next time I backed, seems like visiting an old friend who lived Berlin.

Their guest house is perfectly quiet and in the very “west” berlin area, Savignyplatz. So if you have time to visit, please say a hello for me.

http://www.hotelartnouveau.de

在過去於雜誌工作的幾年間，我經常出門，不過就算往同一地點去，也很少重覆住同一酒店，因為我很愛新鮮感。而這幾年來柏林有四次，然而卻有兩次入住同一間旅館Hotel Art Nouveau，有趣的是這家旅館是我一位同事介紹，他之前亦住過。為什麼我們都愛它？原因不是因為什麼設計與裝修，而是「人為」因素，就是這裡的老闆。他是為很親切有善的德國人，有位奧地利籍的藝術家老婆，是一個平凡的愛情故事，兩人築愛巢，然後買下物業作為居所也作為旅館，兩口子都愛周遊列國，他們仍間中外遊。無需多說，妻子當然是發揮所長，負責室內設計，老公做管理。當我第一次到訪時，他們已很熱情招呼我，而我再次回去時，感覺有如探朋友，一位居於柏林的朋友。

他們的旅館真的非常舒服，清靜，座落在很西面的柏林。如下次你有機會入住，請代我向他們問好！