Thursday, 12 September 2013

Cruising with Dieter

And so, we commence our three hour and fifty minute tour of the beautiful waterways of Berlin. It is bloody cold on the upper deck but we are afforded great views and insightful commentary by Dieter, our guide. 

We occasionally get a glimpse of the residences behind the willows that act as a very effective barrier. We occasionally get a few words of English in Dieter's evocative commentary. 

One of the places of interest that Dieter pointed out was the East German Sportz Kampf for Olympict Excellenz. 

The soccer team and gymnastic squad used to train in the sports field and be injected in the small building adjacent to the fields. Prior to the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, they all escaped.


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