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Title: Berlin
Post by: wrex on January 05, 2014, 01:55:36 pm
Off on a short break too Berlin tomorrow,anyone got any tips or must visits.
Title: Re: Berlin
Post by: Ian on January 05, 2014, 01:59:23 pm
Depends where you're staying, Wrex. Potsdammer Platz, Checkpoint Charlie, Kaiser Wilhelm Church, Jewish museum and the Brandenburg Gate together with the Reichstag are all must-see, really. You can walk the lot in about 4 hours.
Title: Re: Berlin
Post by: Yorkie on January 05, 2014, 02:18:13 pm
Check their Xmas lights whilst you're there!  Have a great time!  Wiedersehn!   ZXZ
Title: Re: Berlin
Post by: Bri Roberts on January 05, 2014, 02:20:31 pm
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Title: Re: Berlin
Post by: wrex on January 05, 2014, 07:10:07 pm
Thank you gentlemen
Title: Re: Berlin
Post by: wrex on January 09, 2014, 03:22:25 pm
Excellent trip,plenty to see in Berlin,easy to get around on the tube and i even saw the end of the xmas lights.
Title: Re: Berlin
Post by: Merddin Emrys on January 09, 2014, 04:18:45 pm
Great! A place I would like to visit sometime!  Did you see this when you were there Wrex?
Title: Re: Berlin
Post by: wrex on January 10, 2014, 08:37:49 am
I certainly did,sat in a Starbucks watching Micky mouse,a Bear and two soldiers from Russia,America all trying to have a picture.We stayed in a Swissotel near the Europa center and Zoo gardens,easy on the underground,really enjoyed the Olympic  stadium and check point Charlie,with such a easy flying time its well worth a visit and is not too dear.
Title: Re: Berlin
Post by: Ian on January 10, 2014, 09:18:10 am
You'd also like the trains they have, ME; overground, underground, surface. And they all run on time :-))
Title: Re: Berlin
Post by: Merddin Emrys on January 10, 2014, 10:31:08 am
It sounds great! I will have to get a passport first though!
Title: Re: Berlin
Post by: hollins on January 10, 2014, 11:00:56 am
Go for it ME!
It would be interesting to see some photos, as it is place I have never been to.
Title: Re: Berlin
Post by: Ian on January 10, 2014, 12:04:45 pm
Your wish is my command:

Berlin Zoo - the images on the wall were sculpted from brickwork:
Title: Re: Berlin
Post by: Ian on January 10, 2014, 12:05:44 pm
The Mall leading to the underground stations...

Title: Re: Berlin
Post by: Ian on January 10, 2014, 12:06:35 pm
They do nice Xmas lights:

Title: Re: Berlin
Post by: Ian on January 10, 2014, 12:07:27 pm
The zoo entrance:

Title: Re: Berlin
Post by: Ian on January 10, 2014, 12:12:53 pm
The Brandenburg gate and Reichstag

Title: Re: Berlin
Post by: Ian on January 10, 2014, 12:13:49 pm
Checkpoint Charlie...

Title: Re: Berlin
Post by: Ian on January 10, 2014, 12:15:12 pm
Saudi embassy

Title: Re: Berlin
Post by: Ian on January 10, 2014, 12:16:41 pm
And the ubiquitous Xmas market

Title: Re: Berlin
Post by: hollins on January 10, 2014, 01:04:41 pm
Thanks for those. The Christmas lights look fantastic. What a place for wrex to visit though! Not sure it it made him happy or even more frustrated.
 I find real people's photos of places much more telling and interesting than official ones.  The traveller photos on tripadvisor are so much more useful than the hotel's own.