Last year I was lucky enough to meet the great German designer Erik Spiekermann for breakfast in his favourite Saturday morning haunt, near Savignyplatz. He has the same table reserved every Saturday in this fantastic old-style establishment, which has waiters in full white linen aprons, daily newspapers from all over the world and a lot of intelligent-looking Berliners, all at least older than 35 (rare enough here). He explained why the coffee in this fantastic old-style establishment was the best in Berlin and it is. I didn’t get up early enough to catch his ritual this time but I still ventured out there for the first coffee of the day and sat beside his still-reserved table. A wonderful middle-aged German talked to me in excellent English about Polaroid cameras after he saw me take the picture. Then the short walk back to Savignyplatz to visit the best design bookshop in Berlin followed by a 10 minute stroll to the Helmut Newton museum. The perfect start to the weekend.