Eckerhard is a fine and accommodating host. The room is comfortable and clean, and the bath is very nice (I love having a private bath). The backyard is beautiful. I sat with him and drank tea, then alone the next day and just relaxed. He loaned me a bicycle with turned out to be a great thing, helped me have one of the most spontaneous adventures of my four week trip. I came across some sort of roller blader parade near the Brandenburg Gate and followed it on the bike through the streets of Berlin at night (the police had closed off the roads). I'm still not sure what it was about, but it was kind of amazing getting swept up with something like that, which never could have happened if he hadn't loaned me a bike so I could keep up.