007 Book location: Berlin's Tegel airport / Death Is Forever (1992)

Bond book: Death Is Forever (1992)
Place and location in the book: Tegel Airport, Berlin, Germany
Actual place and location: Berlin Tegel Airport, 13405, Berlin, Germany
What happens here in the book:  Bond knows that someone is following him when he leaves from Tegel airport
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2012

"From the moment he went through passport and customs control at Berlin's Tegel airport, James Bond knew he was followed."

John Gardner: "Death Is Forever"

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007 Book location: Kempinski Hotel Bristol Berlin's Suite 202 ("Easy" St. John's room)

Bond book: Death Is Forever (1992)
Place and location in the book: Kempinski Hotel Bristol Berlin, Suite 202
Actual place and location: Kempinski Hotel Bristol Berlin, Suite 202, Kurfürstendamm 27, Berlin, Germany
What happens here in the book: Room 202 is Bond girl "Easy" St. John's room in Kempinski Hotel Bristol Berlin. Bond is about to visit there.
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2012

"- Hello, he believed that caller was Easy, so he prepared to say his code sentence.

- James?

- Yes? Strangely alarming because Easy was supposed to ask Jim Goldfarb.

- What's wrong?

She was supposed to say at least the word "specific" if something was wrong. Instead she said: Just come here right away. This is important.

Her voice sounded steady and Bond didn't recognize any fear in it. He left the suite and touched his ASP like it was a good-luck charm and he went along the corridor at the door of room 202 and knocked it"

John Gardner: "Death Is Forever"

Mika from 007 Travelers

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007 Book location: Kempinski Hotel Bristol Berlin's Suite 207 (James Bond's room)

Bond book: Death Is Forever (1992)
Place and location in the book: Kempinski Hotel Bristol Berlin, Bond's Suite 207
Actual place and location: Kempinski Hotel Bristol Berlin, Suite 207, Kurfürstendamm 27, Berlin, Germany, 
What happens here in the book: Bond visit hotel using alias name Herr Boldman
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2012

"The thought crossed Bond's mind when he stepped into Kemp's pleasant luxury, where were relaxing pool of tropical fishes and order without rush. - Good afternoon, Herr Boldman. Nice to see you again, Herr Boldman. Suite 207, Herr Boldman, and if there is anything..."

John Gardner: "Death Is Forever"

Mika from 007 Travelers

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007 Restaurant: Brasserie Terminus Nord

BRASSERIE TERMINUS NORD

Location: Paris, France
Address: 23 rue de Dunkerque
Bond book appearance: For Your Eyes Only - short story From a View to a Kill and Death Is Forever
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2013

This delightful combination of Art Nouveau and Art Déco is a mere stone's throw from the Gare du Nord train station. Since 1925, the traditional brasserie has been extending a gourmet welcome to Parisian travelers. Businessmen heading off to London, European Parliament members returning from Brussels, families visiting from the provinces... everyone's paths cross at Terminus Nord, the most animated of the great Parisian brasseries.

Bond stays in hotel Terminus Nord in Ian Fleming's short story "From a View to a Kill". In John Gardner's "Death Is Forever" he says that Terminus Nord's restaurant is one of his favourite restaurants in Paris.

"Of all the railway stations in Europe, Bond liked the Gare du Nord best. The place held special memories for him. It was also within walking distance of one of his favourite restaurants in Paris - Terminus Nord.

Bistros and restaurants hovering in the shadow of any great railway terminus should normally be avoided. Inevitably their clientele consists of birds of passage, people leaving and arriving at the station. So it follows that the service is perfunctory, at best; at worst, slapdash; while the food is only passable. Happily Terminus Nord, directly opposite the Gare du Nord, is a prestigious exception. Its service is impeccable, while the food attracts gourmets who are not merely passing through the French capital or using the railway station."

John Gardner: "Death Is Forever"

Crème brûlée

007 Travelers had dinner at Terminus Nord as well as stayed one night in the hotel.
The food was great and the dessert was delicious!

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007 Book location: Musée du Louvre / Death Is Forever (1992), Never Dream of Dying (2001)

Bond books: Death Is Forever (1992), Never Dream of Dying (2001)
Place and location in the book: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Actual place and location: Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
What happens here in the books: 
Bond remembers how he had killed two SMERSH agents in bottom floor of Louvre (Death Is Forever), Bond attends to fashion show (Never Dream of Dying).
Visited by 007 Travelers: 2013

"The spectacular I.M. Pei pyramid entrance to the Musée du Louvre never failed to impress Bond. While it had its critics, the incongruous nature of a pyramid made a glass and steel tubing, surrounded by a structure that saw its origins in the thirteenth century, was the most impressive thing about it."

Raymond Benson: "Never Dream of Dying" 

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007 Book: Death Is Forever (1992)

Bond book: Death is Forever

Author: John Gardner

Publication year: 1992

Death Is Forever was the twelfth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond (including Gardner's novelization of Licence to Kill). Death Is Forever is significant as the first James Bond novel to be published after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, two elements that were part and parcel of Bond's creation 40 years earlier.

The aftermath of the Cold War provides the setting for the plot of Death Is Forever. After the deaths of a British Intelligence agent and an American agent with the CIA working in Germany under mysterious and surprisingly old-fashioned circumstances, James Bond and CIA agent Elizabeth Zara ("Easy") St. John are assigned to track down the surviving members of "Cabal", a Cold War-era intelligence network that received a mysterious and unauthorized signal to disband. Soon, Bond finds himself playing a life-or-death game of "Who do You Trust?" as he and Easy track down Wolfgang Weisen, the power responsible for killing off Cabal's members one by one. Bond uncovers Weisen's plot to kill off the heads of each European country during the inaugural run of the Eurostar from London to Paris in an effort to create havoc in the west and usher in a second era of Communism.

More than most other Gardner novels, Death Is Forever is grounded in current events, with the fallout from the end of the Cold War and the failed 1991 Russian coup being important backdrops to the story. The Eurotunnel connecting England and France, which was still under construction at the time the book was written, also serves as a major setting.

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007 Hotel: Mercure Paris Terminus Nord, Paris, France

MERCURE PARIS TERMINUS NORD


Location: Paris, France
Address: 12 Boulevard De Denain
Bond book appearance: For Your Eyes Only - short story From a View to a Kill and Death Is Forever

Opposite the Gare du Nord, the hotel is ideally placed for getting to the Stade de France, the Le Bourget Exhibition Grounds and Villepinte. This cosy establishment is easily reached by public transport and is close to the Lariboisière Hospital. The hotel has large rooms, some with a view of Montmartre and Sacré Coeur.

129 euros / night, no breakfast included. (2013)
Standard Room with a double bed. Decorated in a style that combines modernity and tradition, the rooms feature a large double bed, a comfortable workspace, flat-screen TV, safe, air conditioning, and free WIFI. Bathroom with bathtub.


Bond stays in hotel Terminus Nord in Ian Fleming's short story "From a View to a Kill". In John Gardner's "Death Is Forever" he says that Terminus Nord's restaurant is one of his favourite restaurants in Paris.

"When Bond was in Paris he invariably stuck to the same addresses. He stayed at the Terminus Nord, because he liked station hotels and because this was the least pretentious and most anonymous of them."

Ian Fleming: "From a View to a Kill"

 

"Of all the railway stations in Europe, Bond liked the Gare du Nord best. The place held special memories for him. It was also within walking distance of one of his favourite restaurants in Paris - Terminus Nord.

Bistros and restaurants hovering in the shadow of any great railway terminus should normally be avoided. Inevitably their clientele consists of birds of passage, people leaving and arriving at the station. So it follows that the service is perfunctory, at best; at worst, slapdash; while the food is only passable. Happily Terminus Nord, directly opposite the Gare du Nord, is a prestigious exception. Its service is impeccable, while the food attracts gourmets who are not merely passing through the French capital or using the railway station."

John Gardner: "Death Is Forever"

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007 Travel story: Paris (FRANCE) 2013, day 1/7: From London to Paris by Eurostar train

Pirita´s, Mika's and 7 -year-old daughter's own family trip for three 12th - 18th October 2013.

Airline: SAS 
Flights: Helsinki-Stockholm-London
Paris-Copenhagen-London
Price: 627,24 € / 3 persons
Flight times: 
Helsinki-Stockholm 1 h 00 min, Stockholm-London 2 h 35 min
Paris-Copenhagen 1 h 45 min, Copenhagen-Helsinki 1 h 35 min

Train: Eurostar 
London - Paris
Price: 131,40 € / 3 persons
Travel time: 2 h 22 min

Hotels:
Grand Hôtel Magenta, 129 Boulevard de Magenta, 
90,00 € / 1 night, no breakfast included, reserved via booking.com

Mercure Paris Terminus Nord, 12 Boulevard de Denain, 
129,00 EUR / 1 night, no breakfast included, booked via booking.com

EST Hotel Paris, 49 Boulevard Magenta, 
400.00 euros / 4 nights, no breakfast included, reserved via booking.com. 
This hotel charged a city tax of 1 EUR / person / night.


12th of October 2013

When on holiday, it's nice to wake up early...not!. We woke up at 3.20 AM and started preparations for the combined London and Paris trip. The flight departed from Helsinki at 7.05 AM and SAS airline didn't offer anything for free, not even one glass of juice, which cost one euro. Fortunately the flight was ahead of schedule and we had plenty of time to move to our connecting flight from Stockholm to London. London plane took off at 7.55 AM local time. We were told that we will arrive in London ahead of time, but there were some other planes in queue at Heathrow Airport so we had to wait for a while before landing. Finally we arrived in London about at 9.30 AM local time.

We had planned to move quickly from Heathrow Airport to center of London, but there occurred some changes to our plan when we realized that Mika's suitcase was missing. It took some time to find out what has happened to the luggage. Finally the airport crew promised £100 credit against receipt to acquire some clothes and other necessary things before they were able to locate the bag.

We traveled by subway to St Pancras station.Ticket cost 5.50 pounds / person, travel time approx 50 min. The daughter slept almost the whole time. When we arrived in St Pancras station we left Pirita's and daughter's bags to the storage. The cost was 9 pounds / bag. They asked do we carry any weapons or explosives in our bags. Well, we didn't. 

This photo by: 7 -year-old daughter

Originally, we planned to go by subway but due to delayed schedule, we took a taxi to the London Zoo.Taxi ride cost was £12. London Zoo opened at 10 AM and we were there at noon. Entrance fee for adults was £23,50 / adult and £17 / child.

There were not much queues at 12 AM because they guided people via different entrances to avoid queues. The zoo photographer took pictures of people who wanted that. At a price of £20 we got our own photo with Zoo information booklet and a key chain. We took only the booklet at the price of 15 pounds.

Then we fortunately found the Reptile House since there was no Reptile House in New York Central Park Zoo, and James Bond was also looking for it there due to his appointment.

(Did you know: James Bond falls in front of the Komodo dragons in the movie "Skyfall".)

Photo © EON, United Artists, Danjaq LLC

We also visited Aquarium, Gorilla Kingdom, Birds of prey, children's park planned by children, B.U.G.S. house and Penguin Beach.

GoldenEye agent?

The Zoo is located near The Regent's Park, so we went to explore the park.

There were joggers, soccer players, people at a picnic and other passers-by. We were looking for the Inner Circle, where the Queen Mary's Gardens is.

We went to the Queen Mary's Rose Garden where 007 was sitting on a park bench in the Ian Fleming book "You Only Live Twice". We also sat on a park bench and admired the roses. Roses called "Super Star" and "Iceberg" are mentioned in the book, but we didn't find them.

Mika

A funny coincidence was that we found roses called "Remember Me" (same name as Pierce Brosnan's movie)

"But today, on the last day of August, just eight months, as he had reminded himself that Morning, since Tracy had died, he sat in  Queen Mary´s Rose Garden in Regent's Park, and his mind was totally occupied with just these things."

"James Bond got to his feet and went over and read the lead labels of the roses he had been gazing at. They told him that the bright vermilion ones were 'Super Star' and the white ones 'Iceberg'."

 

Ian Fleming: "You Only Live Twice"



We were already in a hurry and needed to go back to St Pancras station, so Mika stopped the taxi. This time taxi ride cost was 10 pounds. Then we redeemed our bags from the storage and moved closer to Eurostar train. Before that we had to show the passports and pass the security check, which was at least on the same security level as at the airport.

We bought warm filled Italian breads from Caffé Nero, so we didn't have to go to dining car, especially there was no certainty if there even was one in the train.  Even though top speed was about 280 km/h, we didn't notice that at all. Train went under the English Channel and that part went quickly.

Did you know: In John Gardner book "Death Is Forever" James Bond warns leaders and government members of Europe not to travel by Eurostar train due to threat of explosion.

We arrived in Paris Gare du Nord station and our hotel was located only 300 meters from the station. We checked in to Grand Hôtel Magenta and got a first floor room number five. The room had one double bed and an extra bed. Hotel had a friendly service!

After leaving our luggage to our room, we walked to the nearby Carrefour Market Paris Turgot to redeem our pre-ordered Louvre tickets. Children have free access to Louvre, adult ticket price was 13,60 euros each. Mika also bought some clothes and toiletries. The daughter got some balloons, after saying "Bonjour" to everyone.

Then we went to have a dinner at Villa del Padre. Food was good, but service slow. The staff ran back and forth all the time. They did try hard, you could say. After dinner, we were ready to sleep.

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007 Restaurant: Bristol Bar Kempinski, Berlin, Germany

BRISTOL BAR KEMPINSKI

Location: Berlin, Germany
Address: Kurfürstendamm 27
Bond book appearance: Death Is Forever


Style, exclusiveness and first class music performances - all good reasons to visit the one of the best Bars in Berlin.

Connoisseurs regard the Bristol Bar as being amongst the 10 most elegant bars in the city. It is, of course, not only the first class cocktails, stylish interior, live music, music clip presentations and the living showing of sports events which make each visit something very special.  Daily from 7.30 pm.

"Bond ordered a Martini by giving exact instructions of making it. The waiter made a bow and said it sounded like a symphony, but it was unnecessary politeness because of 007"

John Gardner: "Death Is Forever"

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007 Hotel: Kempinski Hotel Bristol Berlin, Berlin, Germany

KEMPINSKI HOTEL BRISTOL BERLIN 


Location: Berlin, Germany
Address: Kurfürstendamm 27
Bond book appearance: Death Is Forever (Bond's Suite No. 207)



The Kempinski Hotel Bristol enjoys a perfect location in the center of Berlin on the famous Kurfuerstendamm. The various attractions are easily accessible by public transport.

Kempinski is located only 10 minutes away from the fairground / ICC.

Kempinski Hotel Bristol interiors exude something very special. You can feel an immense love to detail, and the ever-present but unobtrusive willingness to make each guest feel totally comfortable and at ease. 246 elegant rooms in a classic-modern style meet the highest standards. 55 suites revel in an exceptional symbiosis of exclusiveness and functionality.

189.00 € / night, breakfast not included. (2012)

"The thought crossed Bond's mind when he stepped into Kemp's pleasant luxury, where were relaxing pool of tropical fishes and order without rush. - Good afternoon, Herr Boldman. Nice to see you again, Herr Boldman. Suite 207, Herr Boldman, and if there is anything..."

John Gardner: "Death Is Forever"

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