In 1990 I moved to East Berlin. I’d rented a room around the corner, as I now know, from the research physicist Angela Merkel. The flat had no phone, so to make calls I had to walk 10 minutes to a phone booth in West Berlin. Later, I got a flat in the west with a shared toilet on the communal staircase and no shower. I soon learnt the codes of Berlin student conversation: “Where do you live? Do you have a shower? Maybe I could come round and shower at yours one day?”
1990年，我搬到了東柏林。我現在知道，當時我租住的房間距離還是專職研究的物理學家安格拉•梅克爾(Angela Merkel)很近。那間公寓沒有電話，要打電話必須步行10分鐘到西柏林的電話亭。後來，我搬到了西柏林的一間公寓，公共樓梯間有共用廁所，但沒有淋浴設備。我很快學會了柏林學生的密語：「你住在哪兒？你有淋浴間嗎？我哪天能過去拜訪你，在你那兒洗個澡嗎？」
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