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October 29th 2006

Published: November 1st 2006

One of the most important cities over the past 100 years .. the modern history! Berlin is a really amazing city for so many reasons. Arriving into Germany, I had to make a change of trains at Hamburg, so after seeing purely the inside of the station at Hamburg we were off on a fast train to Berlin. Unfortunately I was going to catch up with Kristin from my Scotland tour but we messed up the dates... Read Full Entry

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Floor view

Looking towards the Bell Clock in the distance

Reichstag

Parliament below

Looking down onto Parliament below. You can sort of make out their eagle emblem.

East Side Gallery

Some powerful murals align the wall

East Side Gallery

Wall, also where a checkpoint was stationed.

Berlin Wall Markers

Where the wall has been pulled down, in 1998 the city of Berlin put in these pavement blocks exactly where the wall stood and they now line throughout the city on walkways, roads etc.

Checkpoint Charlie

With the American soldier supposedly showing our entering the area of West Berlin, while on the other side a Soviet soldier shows you are entering East Berlin.

Tour group

1st November 2006

shiplorian
Robert Pelletier

Excellent Berlin report
Berlin is probably my favorite city in the whole world, and you've been right on with your descriptions. Marlene Dietrick sang a song about leaving a suitcase (of nostalgia) in Berlin so I guess I have. Many thanks.

2nd November 2006

anonymous
non-member comment

Round round round round, you get around, woohoo hoo hoo oooh ooh ooh
Dude you sure do get around! I'm impressed by how much you see and do AND remember! You must have a wicked sense of travel and geography of the world. P.S You should have been writing on this during contiki man that would have been funny to read!

2nd November 2006

abalada
Martin Stock

communist propoganda
This is not Nazi propaganda, but communist (East Germany) one. Not that much different, but the Nazis never used the black-red-golden Germany flag.

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