Part 4: Berlin (Days 5, 6 and 7): Photos 21 to 30

Yes I am aware that Berlin isn't in Eastern Europe either. Well spotted, clever clogs. But in August 1961 it became a divided city where the east and west snarled at each other face to face over a ruthlessly-constructed wall that split families and friends and which drew the Iron Curtain across Europe. What better place to launch into the east from?

A fairly dull half of the six hour journey from Amsterdam had elapsed when we entered Germany and two unsmiling police officers boarded to check passports. The Americans sitting next to us were asked to give the purpose of their visit, and the young man being questioned clearly wanted to crack a joke but thought better of it. There's something about the Germans which makes them a little more menacing than everyone else in situations like that.

A young, naive Eastern European sat behind us was searched and was found to have weed on him. He was frogmarched off the train by the unsympathetic cops, who mocked him by mimicking his mercy pleas back to him. I can't shake the feeling that he was taken straight to an underground bunker and interrogated by serious men with big

Full Text Entry: Part 4: Berlin (Days 5, 6 and 7)

You foolish brits still have nothing but stupid prejudices about us germans. No prejudice ist that a huge part of the british society consists of the underclass. And the typical sport watched by those is football. Well from a guy who travels europe and instead of wanting to visit its cultural highlights like churches, museums or Castles is going to visit stupid soccer ground nothing else than poor education and prejudieces can be expected.

Every Tom, Dick and Harry? Kudos for not going for the lazy Sepp, Dirk unt Rudi line that many bloggers would doubtless go for.

So far the dream contains many images of football,semi naked women (From you Jai as Si's eyes are obviously closed...is he bumping into many things?)and beer. Is this one of thoes repetitive dreams? You didn't say how you are getting on with speaking German but you made me laugh loads so keep up the blogging.

Mein Deutsch ist nicht so gut.

You foolish brits still have nothing but stupid prejudices about us germans. No prejudice ist that a huge part of the british society consists of the underclass. And the typical sport watched by those is football. Well from a guy who travels europe and instead of wanting to visit its cultural highlights like churches, museums or Castles is going to visit stupid soccer ground nothing else than poor education and prejudieces can be expected.

Every Tom, Dick and Harry? Kudos for not going for the lazy Sepp, Dirk unt Rudi line that many bloggers would doubtless go for.

So far the dream contains many images of football,semi naked women (From you Jai as Si's eyes are obviously closed...is he bumping into many things?)and beer. Is this one of thoes repetitive dreams? You didn't say how you are getting on with speaking German but you made me laugh loads so keep up the blogging.

Mein Deutsch ist nicht so gut.