On November 9 1989, a 35-year-old physicist in East Berlin saw the startling news on TV that the border with West Germany was opening. But she didn’t rush to the Berlin Wall. Instead — in the definitive display of her trademark patience — Angela Merkel went to the sauna, as she did every Thursday evening. Only afterwards did she walk to her local border crossing and into West Berlin. She drank beer in a stranger’s home in the west but made sure to get back to bed on time, because she had work the next morning.
1989年11月9日，東柏林一位35歲的物理學家在電視上看到一條令人震驚的新聞——東德和西德的邊界開放了。但她並沒有匆忙趕往柏林圍牆。相反，安格拉•梅克爾(Angela Merkel)按照每個週四晚上的習慣去了桑拿房——充分顯示出其標誌性的耐心。在洗完桑拿後，她才步行前往當地的過境通道，進入了西柏林。她在西柏林一個陌生人家中喝了啤酒，但還是確保準時回家上牀就寢，因爲第二天她還要上班。
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