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Humboldthain Flak Tower

29/06/2011 Leave a comment

Apparently the French didn’t finish the job

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The start, heading towards but not to Spandau   The palce of Tears at Friedrichstrasse Station
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S1 to Gesundbrunnen and then cross the road   Only half of it is left, the hill around it is the rubble from the other half
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At the top   Looking down from the top
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Views from the bottom   Another view from the bottom
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The Berlin Underground Society Booking Office   Where their tours start but no photos due to copyright reasons

 

The British did and the one in the Zoo is gone

Day Two Other Stuff

29/06/2011 Leave a comment

Just stuff that caught my eye

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Early morning Berlin   A toilet centre?
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Not a chippy in the conventional sense   Rathaus – Spandau
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Brauhaus Mitte   Their Pils, also with a slightly yeasty taste
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Brauhaus Lemke   The Dunkel, a solid drink

 

And of course more beer

Bauhaus in Spandau is a must

28/06/2011 Leave a comment

If you want a quality brew

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The master brewer at work – Christian   More hops
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Boiling   The remains of filtering

 

And they can’t make it fast enough

Brauhaus in Spandau

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Yeasty and unpasteurised

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It was hot   27c and humid
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Real Coopers   The smell of yeast
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The bar   The toilets
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Havelbrau   Spezialbrau
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The Emblem   And hand delivered

 

But full of flavour

 

Brauhaus in Spandau
Brauhaus in Spandau

Luftwaffe Museum

28/06/2011 Leave a comment

It was so hot

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Friedrichstrasse station   Spandau and the end of the line
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Getting closer   Unusual gate guard
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Hawk – Homing All the Way Killer   SA 2 Guideline
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DDR Mig 23   Well it was an RAF base
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Looks better from higher up   And another Brit
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The refreshment stall was closed   Last flown here in 1993
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Mainly missiles   Not quite the gate guard
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The FAF base crest   The radomes

 

It took my breath away

 

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The Quality of Light

28/06/2011 Leave a comment

The end of day one

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A local church   The red townhall & TV tower
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Alexanderplatz station   More World Clock
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East German Red Man   East German Green Man
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As below   No exactly the greenest of beanos

And the strawberry stall was closed

Clocks and Beer

27/06/2011 Leave a comment

The Parliament building is gone

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Definitely the Russian zone   The World Clock for Mrs Gilford
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TV Tower   Church and fountains
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Brewery by the Spree   Helles, Dunkel & Mifi
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Looks good but not real.   The Bar – Georgbraeu Brauhaus

And so is the brewery Wifi

Too Much German

27/06/2011 Leave a comment

If you speak your best German

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You can forget using your Starbucks card at Bristol Airport   On the ground at Bristol.
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Full flight   The Netherlands
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On the ground at sunny Schoenefeld   Schoenefeld approach
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Covered path to the railway station   View from the hotel

Then so shall your German hosts

Three in the light

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Sunny and Warm

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And that’s just Bristol Airport

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Only misty on the inside   Where they sleep overnight
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And there’s two   Getting obsessed now
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Never noticed this before but it was usually dark   And here it is
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With chip replacement   No ale!

Maybe the drought is back?

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