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Date: 10th August 2011
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Thank you very much for the additional information about the Railroad. The train ride not narrated so your information is very helpful.
From Blog: Our Trip to a Baltic Sea cruise on Princess Cruises - Monday, August 1, 2011-Berlin, Germany
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Thank you very much for the additional information about the Railroad. The train ride not narrated so your information is very helpful.
From Blog: Our Trip to a Baltic Sea cruise on Princess Cruises - Monday, August 1, 2011-Berlin, Germany
Date: 10th August 2011
Berlin
Hi, Todd, I have read your travel log about visiting Berlin with much enthusiasm. Let me add some remarks. The train that took you from Warnemünde to Berlin and back was a regional old-fashioned train. The German Railroads Co. ("Deutsche Bahn") is in the process of modernizing their old wagons, this will take time and money. The wagon you were in has heating and ventilation systems, but no air conditioning. Modern trains - many of them owned by rival railroad companies in Germany - have very modern equipment with air conditioning and ticket vending machines inside their trains. In a comment made a few days ago about your upcoming visit to Berlin I had already mentioned that I absolutely love Berlin and its history. Perhaps this is partly due to the fact that I once had a girlfriend living in Berlin-Steglitz (West Berlin), who took me to all the fascinating places in 1963, two years after the Russian Prime Minister Chruschtschow had ordered to build the Wall. He complied to the East German Prime Minister Ulbrecht to close the hole for East Berliners in the "Iron Curtain" to flee to West Berlin. Charlottenburg Palace is the official residence of the German Federal President (Christian Wulf), the current head of state was born in Osnabrück, just ten minutes by car from where we live. Enjoy your tour, and a belated Happy Birthday to your daughter from Mary and me. Heiko
From Blog: Our Trip to a Baltic Sea cruise on Princess Cruises - Monday, August 1, 2011-Berlin, Germany
Berlin
Hi, Todd, I have read your travel log about visiting Berlin with much enthusiasm. Let me add some remarks. The train that took you from Warnemünde to Berlin and back was a regional old-fashioned train. The German Railroads Co. ("Deutsche Bahn") is in the process of modernizing their old wagons, this will take time and money. The wagon you were in has heating and ventilation systems, but no air conditioning. Modern trains - many of them owned by rival railroad companies in Germany - have very modern equipment with air conditioning and ticket vending machines inside their trains. In a comment made a few days ago about your upcoming visit to Berlin I had already mentioned that I absolutely love Berlin and its history. Perhaps this is partly due to the fact that I once had a girlfriend living in Berlin-Steglitz (West Berlin), who took me to all the fascinating places in 1963, two years after the Russian Prime Minister Chruschtschow had ordered to build the Wall. He complied to the East German Prime Minister Ulbrecht to close the hole for East Berliners in the "Iron Curtain" to flee to West Berlin. Charlottenburg Palace is the official residence of the German Federal President (Christian Wulf), the current head of state was born in Osnabrück, just ten minutes by car from where we live. Enjoy your tour, and a belated Happy Birthday to your daughter from Mary and me. Heiko
From Blog: Our Trip to a Baltic Sea cruise on Princess Cruises - Monday, August 1, 2011-Berlin, Germany
Date: 3rd August 2011
Copenhagen
Hi, Todd, When we were young married and our children not born yet, we once went on a weekend trip to Copenhagen. The members of our bowling club drove to Travemünde, Germany in cars and then boarded a ferry to Treleborg, Sweden. From there on to Malmö, sweden by train and then by ferry to Copenhagen. We were young then and danced all night through on the fery to Trelleborg. Needless to say hoe tired we were the following morning. But when one is young, one can take exhaustions! In Copenhagen we were addressed several times whether we wanted a hotel room. They must have thought I had picked up my wife there. We thought it was funny! Of course, we saw the Mermaid and were reminded of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales. We spent quite a few hours at the "Tivoli", Copenhagen's famous amusement park, which was destroyed some years later by a big fire. Thought I should tell you about our own experience. Best wishes, Heiko & Mary
Copenhagen
Hi, Todd, When we were young married and our children not born yet, we once went on a weekend trip to Copenhagen. The members of our bowling club drove to Travemünde, Germany in cars and then boarded a ferry to Treleborg, Sweden. From there on to Malmö, sweden by train and then by ferry to Copenhagen. We were young then and danced all night through on the fery to Trelleborg. Needless to say hoe tired we were the following morning. But when one is young, one can take exhaustions! In Copenhagen we were addressed several times whether we wanted a hotel room. They must have thought I had picked up my wife there. We thought it was funny! Of course, we saw the Mermaid and were reminded of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales. We spent quite a few hours at the "Tivoli", Copenhagen's famous amusement park, which was destroyed some years later by a big fire. Thought I should tell you about our own experience. Best wishes, Heiko & Mary
Golferb1
Todd Breton
Response to Copenhagen
I love this story. You are right, when you are young, anything is possible, including staying up late at night. Now 10:00pm is my limit.