Our lovely Turkish taxi driver arrived on time to collect us. We hired him to take us from the railway station to the hotel on Thursday when we arrived and asked if he could collect us on Saturday. It was great as he had a van which not only took us but our luggage as well.
We arrived at the beautiful lake, about 30 mins north of Berlin, where the Elbe Princess was moored. As the weather was warm and sunny, the promenade was busy with Berliners enjoying the popular park. There were little paddle boats on the water, along with some large day craft talking people for rides along the lake.
After dinner DH and I had an early night but were startled awake when fireworks exploded on the foreshore near us. Having spent the last few days reading about WW1, WW2 and the division of Berlin, we thought WW3 had just started! I spoke to Roger and Merrilyn about their reaction, they also thought the next world war had started. Scary thoughts but today's unrest, it has always been at the back of our minds.
Part of the Berlin Wall which has been preserved
Crystal clear waters of the Tegel Lake where our ship is docked
It was a Saturday and the parks alongside the lake where teeming with locals taking in the warm spring day. These young people were practising their type-rope walking
Interesting Paddle boat on the lake
locals enjoying a walk alongside the lake
DH's clever photography....photo of me with reflection of DH in mirror!
Fire works at night...woke us up and we thought world war 3 had started!
Me and you know who! She didn't say very much to me, maybe she couldn't understand my Ausralian accent?
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