Day 18 Thursday 18th June 2009 Our Day in Berlin.
Today we joined a hop on hop off bus tour followed by a boat cruise on the Spree River. We saw many interesting sites including a tower similar to the Auckland Sky tower. It is 368 meters high carries the city’s main communications and TV transmitting aerials; it has a revolving restaurant which takes ½ an hour for one revolution. We saw a 100meter long section of the old Berlin wall that used to separate the East from the West. It was ugly, deteriorating and covered with Graffiti. There were many attractive buildings gardens, monuments and statues. Many of the buildings were new and modern although quite a few were rebuilt in the old style they were before being flattened by air raids during the last World War. Following the bus tour we passed a shop where wooden models were displayed; there was a huge range of items. We then joined a city river cruise for an hour and a half. This was very scenic and interesting. The river was very crowded with many tourist cruise boats. At some points along the river bank were many deck chairs outside garden bars and restaurants. They were all empty as raindrops were falling; I guess on a fine day they would be filled as the surrounding gardens and lawns and attractive buildings would create a pleasant environment. As most of the day was spent we retired back to our hotel which is part of the rail station complex. As we walked through the mall we found a hairdresser of which Fay took advantage. In the meantime I went exploring; found a supermarket and bought our evening meal.
Today we joined a hop on hop off bus tour followed by a boat cruise on the Spree River. We saw many interesting sites including a tower similar to the Auckland Sky tower. It is 368 meters high carries the city’s main communications and TV transmitting aerials; it has a revolving restaurant which takes ½ an hour for one revolution. We saw a 100meter long section of the old Berlin wall that used to separate the East from the West. It was ugly, deteriorating and covered with Graffiti. There were many attractive buildings gardens, monuments and statues. Many of the buildings were new and modern although quite a few were rebuilt in the old style they were before being flattened by air raids during the last World War. Following the bus tour we passed a shop where wooden models were displayed; there was a huge range of items. We then joined a city river cruise for an hour and a half. This was very scenic and interesting. The river was very crowded with many tourist cruise boats. At some points along the river bank were many deck chairs outside garden bars and restaurants. They were all empty as raindrops were falling; I guess on a fine day they would be filled as the surrounding gardens and lawns and attractive buildings would create a pleasant environment. As most of the day was spent we retired back to our hotel which is part of the rail station complex. As we walked through the mall we found a hairdresser of which Fay took advantage. In the meantime I went exploring; found a supermarket and bought our evening meal.
Photos:- 1. Large Communications Tower.
2. Remains of Berlin Wall.
3. Wooden Motorbike.
4. Deck Chairs.
Sorry the list is not in order.
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