Wednesday 4 April 2007

Last day in Berlin


On the way to Checkpoint Charlie we popped into the VW and Audi showrooms. Some lovely examples seen including the Bugatti Veyron.... Had lunch at cafe near Checkpoint Charlie, then went to see CC itself (the crossing point for diplomats and allied forces after the erection of the Berlin Wall). The posters on the wall give you a small sense of what it was like when the Wall was up and the political manoeuvres between the East and West powers. Then visited the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin’s only remaining city gate, which was in no-mans land when the Wall was up). Came back to hotel for an afternoon nap so that we were fresh for an evenings partying and, being the old farts we are, fell asleep...

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