We are back from our road trip to Berlin. We almost didn't get there due to the weather. We thought we would try Southend airport in an attempt to avoid the chaos that is Stansted. So much for that as Southend Airport is not an all weather facility and nothing was going in or out due to fog. After waiting 6 hours, we got bused to Stanstead and flew out of there instead. We, therefore, arrived in Berlin after midnight instead of 4 pm. Getting to central Berlin on public transport was a bit of a challenge but we finally got to the Marriott by 1 am. We wandered all over the eastern part of the city on the next day and did all the usual touristy things and visited Checkpoint Charlie, the Reichstag, the Brandenberg Gate and Unter dem Linden and had a nice lunch outdoors in a pleasant square outside French Cathedral. No fog in Berlin and the weather was cool but clear and sunny. Later in the afternoon, we went to a wonderful chocolate store called Fassbender and Rausch. Another two hours of walking off the chocolate and we were ready to go back to the hotel for a rest and some quiet dinner. Next day, the weather was again perfect and this time we looked at the west side of the city and saw Kurfurstendamm and then a long walk through the Zoo and the Tiergarten and then back to the east side of the city. The Germans certainly know how to build and re-build on a grand scale!
The Admiral sought out an Absinthe store near the Alexanderplatz and then back to the hotel and a somewhat indifferent dinner on Kurfurstendamm Street. The weather turned cloudy and cold and we planned to visit two museums but only managed one as there was quite a lot to see.
An uneventful flight back to Gatwick where we were met by Phil and Sandra (Jessica's inlaws) and we spent a very pleasant two days with them at the lovely home in West Sussex.
On Friday, it was back home to Limehouse for a little rest.
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| Outstanding chocolate at Fassbender and Rauch |
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| the holocaust memorial |
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| Siegessaule |
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| A political demonstration at the Brandenberg Gate |
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| Kurfurstendamm lots of shopping |
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| local Pilsner beer. |
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| The venerable Trabbie a relic from East Germany |
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| Autumn foliage |
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| 200 hundred varieties of Absinthe |
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| The Tiergarten |
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| Remnants of the Wall |
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