Rare erewhon Posted July 10, 2019 #226 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Super photos, thanks for the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted July 10, 2019 Author #227 Share Posted July 10, 2019 10 hours ago, erewhon said: Super photos, thanks for the update. You are welcome and we're glad that you are enjoying the photos . 🙂😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted July 10, 2019 Author #228 Share Posted July 10, 2019 It was nice to have a day at sea with the emphasis on eating and sleeping before our big day in Berlin . Breakfast at the Pinnacle was nice and would be missed on the next morning . For lunch we had room service and planned a nap afterwards until the fog rolled in and foghorn cleared it's throat . It got thicker than the Dutch Pea soup served on board . The windows did a good job of noise abatement and we dozed a little until tea time which was excellent It was a Gala Night but we preferred a quite dinner in Cafe 7151 The Where and When for Berlin It was interesting to note that HAL was celebrating World's Ocean Day when we were in Germany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted July 10, 2019 Author #229 Share Posted July 10, 2019 (edited) Growing up in the 50's and 60's we remember the Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall being erected and never thought that we would visit Russia or Germany . My wife's parents met in Germany and her mother's twin brother died there during the war and is buried in Arlington . On our last visit there we were with a group tour with an American guide . Video On this trip we had a German driver and met our German guide in Berlin . We will share the best from both trips . View on the ship from 2016 View from the ship 2019 Instead of the 3 hour bus ride , Frank our driver , got us there in 2-1/2 hours in a comfortable mini van where we met Markus , our guide . Our first stop was a new subway with some history on the wall A stop at the Brandenburg Gate A bear in the US Embassy Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_to_the_Murdered_Jews_of_Europe Edited July 10, 2019 by scubacruiserx2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted July 10, 2019 Author #230 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Moving toward the American Embassy And the Reichstag Building An unscheduled stop at the Berlin Hauptbahnhof ( the freedom of a private guide to honor our requests for photos ) It reminded us of our visit to Munich where we took day trips on the train to Saltzburg and Neuschwanstein Castle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted July 10, 2019 Author #231 Share Posted July 10, 2019 A couple of photo stops Charlottenburg Palace Kaiser Wilheim Memorial Church There are 2 churches here , the old one which was bombed in 1943 , and left intact and a new one . First , the old . Inside In the old church , there we a number of beautiful mosaics . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted July 10, 2019 Author #232 Share Posted July 10, 2019 The old and the new The new church Including a Tombak alloy Jesus . We were told by Markus to be on the lookout for Spargel and the Ampelmännchen The East Berlin little traffic men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted July 10, 2019 Author #233 Share Posted July 10, 2019 (edited) Photobucket will not allow any uploads of new material or allow access to copy my stored material . Edited July 10, 2019 by scubacruiserx2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat shepard Posted July 11, 2019 #234 Share Posted July 11, 2019 1 hour ago, scubacruiserx2 said: Photobucket will not allow any uploads of new material or allow access to copy my stored material . No. Say it ain’t so.....🤭 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare erewhon Posted July 11, 2019 #235 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Thanks for the update. Cute little men on the traffic lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted July 11, 2019 Author #236 Share Posted July 11, 2019 10 hours ago, cat shepard said: No. Say it ain’t so.....🤭 It ain't so now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted July 11, 2019 Author #237 Share Posted July 11, 2019 10 hours ago, erewhon said: Thanks for the update. Cute little men on the traffic lights. They are iconic figures there . We wish that we would have bought some . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted July 11, 2019 Author #238 Share Posted July 11, 2019 I didn't know why they built the Berlin Wall as a kid but I do remember the guy jumping the fence to escape The East German government claimed that the Wall was an "anti-fascist protective rampart" (German: "antifaschistischer Schutzwall") intended to dissuade aggression from the West.[58] Wikipedia If the wall was to protect and detain people for their own good , why were so many people willing to die to escape ? Should't people be dying to get in instead of dying to get out ? Checkpoint Charlie seemed ominous when we first visited there in 2006 But now it's more a place to get a burger or party We had requested a visit to the wall gallery It seems to be more of a place to have your photo taken Then to read the writing on the wall 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted July 11, 2019 Author #239 Share Posted July 11, 2019 There were a couple of places that we visited in 2016 that had hope to get a better look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altes_Museum and the Berliner Dom ( Berlin Cathedral ) . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Cathedral They were both more busy on the outside We stopped inside the cathedral for a few photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted July 11, 2019 Author #240 Share Posted July 11, 2019 The last stop in Berlin was at the double dome area The first dome was the French Church built by the Huguenot community between 1701 and 1705 . The second dome is the German Church built in 1708 by the Lutheran community . Between them is a third building , the Konzerthaus Berlin , built in 1820 . The Gendarmenmarkt is arguably Berlin's most magnificent square. It is best known for the architectural trio composed of the German and French cathedrals (Deutscher und Französischer Dom) and Schinkel's Konzerthaus (concert hall) which together form one of the most stunning ensembles in Berlin. The "domes" refer to the domed tower structures erected in 1785 by architect Carl von Gontard. They were mainly intended to add stature and grandeur to the two buildings. From Berlin.de More sun and people this visit The German church The French Church The concert hall had a wedding party We did get to see The Victory Column before saying goodbye to Markus and Berlin And we did see a number of what appeared to be crop circles on the return trip . We would like to thank Markus and Frank for a job well done . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat shepard Posted July 11, 2019 #241 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Thank you for persevering. Spectacular pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted July 11, 2019 Author #242 Share Posted July 11, 2019 1 hour ago, cat shepard said: Thank you for persevering. Spectacular pictures. Thanks Cat we're glad that you like the photos and we're glad that PB was running this morning . Berlin with a 6 hour commute is always a long , but interesting day , kinda like going to Moscow from St. Petersburg . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted July 11, 2019 Author #243 Share Posted July 11, 2019 It was nice to be back to the ship and we could see a train in the distance that we thought could be returning from Berlin , so we hustled to get on board . We saw some food that appealed to us on the Lido buffet . It was our only dinner there . Sauerbraten , Spaetzle , a sausage and Sauerkraut with a draft beer . We did take the beer with us to see the band by the pool Our only previous experience with Kiel was in 2006 on our 1st Baltic Cruise on the NCL Dream . We sailed through the Kiel Canal that connects the Baltic to the North Sea . The lengthening was eventually carried out in March—May 1998 at Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven, Germany, where the ship was cut in half and a new 40-metre (131 ft 3 in) midsection was inserted.[12] In addition to the lengthening, the ship's funnel and radar mast were adapted so that they could be folded down, allowing her to pass under the bridges of the Kiel Canal.[1][5][13] Coinciding with the lengthening the Dreamward was renamed Norwegian Dream.[1] She re-emerged at 50,764 GT[8] and with maximum passenger capacity of 2,156.[5] A documentary film about the lengthening has been broadcast by ARTE Television on 19 January 1999[14] Wikipedia We had picked up a band that would play as we went under low bridges . The ship's funnel was flipped on it's side to clear the bridges . The shore excursions from Kiel were to Hamburg and Luneburg which we had seen before on a previous cruise Kiel was our last port before returning to Copenhagen and we hoped for a nice , quite Sunday with no monkey business . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted July 11, 2019 Author #244 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Balcony cleaning day in Kiel We went for a walk After all it was Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted July 11, 2019 Author #245 Share Posted July 11, 2019 We had a nice , quite lunch here Great Goulash Strudel for 2 In the afternoon it seemed like a band of buskers showed up around the ship It was amazing how well their makeup stayed on The show went on a long time but they received some well deserved applause Well done Polizei , thank you and thank you HAL ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare erewhon Posted July 12, 2019 #246 Share Posted July 12, 2019 Thanks for your interesting photos and videos. Was the protest about cruise ship visits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted July 12, 2019 Author #247 Share Posted July 12, 2019 16 minutes ago, erewhon said: Thanks for your interesting photos and videos. Was the protest about cruise ship visits? Yes it was , they wish to eliminate cruise ships Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted July 12, 2019 #248 Share Posted July 12, 2019 Great pictures as always. We were in Berlin just after the wall came down & got some pieces of it, our little remainder of the history, past and present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted July 12, 2019 Author #249 Share Posted July 12, 2019 14 minutes ago, ski ww said: Great pictures as always. We were in Berlin just after the wall came down & got some pieces of it, our little remainder of the history, past and present. That was a very exciting time with the wall and the breakup of The Soviet Union . Thar's gold in them there rocks . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted July 12, 2019 Author #250 Share Posted July 12, 2019 (edited) Rudi's French Onion Soup Stuffed pepper Don't they serve crab at the Pinnacle ? The Captain's speech Overcast Copenhagen 9 AM Edited July 12, 2019 by scubacruiserx2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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