The NCL Dream - Worldwide Time Machine

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The other group didn't get to see much of the wall , so here's some photos .

 

 

 

 

 

And the Ampelmannchen , from the GDR , i.e. The little traffic men

 

 

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Some photos of the Dreamward brochure before it's paint job and becoming the Dream

 

 

 

 

 

Our foward facing suite and it's terrace with exterior stairs

 

Edited November 1, 2023 by scubacruiserx2

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A Berlin Wall drive by .

 

 

 

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The Gendarmenmarkt

The German Church , the Concert House . The French Church . I had stitch a couple of photos together to fit them all in . You can double click on the photos to enlarge them .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another day and a wedding at the Concert Hall

 

 

Edited November 3, 2023 by scubacruiserx2

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Alte Nationalgalerie

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alte_Nationalgalerie

 

 

The Berlin Cathedral

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Cathedral

 

 

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 Alte Nationalgalerie

 

 

The Berlin Cathedral had a Rinoplasty so we went inside .

 

 

 

Main Dome

 

 

The Alter

 

 

We wished that we we could hear the organ

 

 

 

Goodbye Berlin , we gotta fly .

 

Edited November 4, 2023 by scubacruiserx2

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 Next stop on the NCL Dream : Saint Petersburg Russia 2006 .

Edited November 11, 2023 by scubacruiserx2

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As a child of the 50's we were afraid of the air raid siren that was tested @ 1300 every Saturday . I always thought that this would have been the perfect time for Russia to attack this country as most people were so used to it that they would ignore it . 

 

 

 I never dreamed that we would go to Russia but in September of 2006 we did just that on the NCL Dream as part of our Baltic cruise .

Edited November 11, 2023 by scubacruiserx2

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 After I was dicharged from the Navy in 1974 , me ( A happy Veterans Day and Thank You to all who served ) , and my future wife worked at a plant that made artificial kidneys in Miami Lakes . She worked a 12 hour day shift and I worked the 12 hour night shift . There were some people from Russia that I worked with and we had some interesting conversations during the long nights .

 At that time they lived communially with 3 families together as they did in Russia . They told me of endless lines for food there with one group in the bread line , another in the meat line and the third in the fruit and or vegetable line all before or after work . They sometimes waited for hours only to be told that they had run out of food . 

 They couldn't believe there eyes when they saw a supermarket full of different kinds of meatafter they moved to the US . Thinking that it was a trick , they loaded their cart with meat just to see if it were true that they could buy it . They did teach me to speak some Russian and a little Greek as that was their native language . 

 The Fire Department called me 2 years after I tested and they had filled their quota of African American and Hispanic Firefighters in September of 1976 , the same year that I met my wife , so I was finally hired . After the birth of our first son , her position was discontinued , leaving me to work 2 jobs while she found some work that she could do at home .

 Fast foward to 2006 and retirement and we were on the doorstep of Saint Petersburg , Russia  . Things had changed a lot in those 30 years - for the better .

Edited November 11, 2023 by scubacruiserx2