Results tagged “Trams” from Europe Honeymoon 2008
Woke up pretty early again but took our time getting ready. Caught the
tram in to Friedrichstrasse and wandered down it to Checkpoint Charlie.
It was actually late morning by this stage and I was tired and grumpy from not getting enough to eat at breakfast, and then not able to find a simple hot dog there (they seem to be everywhere else except for when you really want one). Anyway so got something to eat but decided not to go into the museum as it was 12.50 euro each and Stu had been before. So just walked around the info boards they had all around the street. There were the usual barrage of souvenir vendors, and also a lot selling Russian memorabilia. Kept wanting to buy a Russian doll but they're probably made in China so not much point. Now if only I knew someone going to Russia to get me a real one.......
Anyways. This Bosnian woman came around asking if anyone spoke English, but she turned out to be a beggar, so I gave her a couple of Euros (and Stu gave her some independently too). But get this. She asked *three frigging times* over the next half hour for money, and didn't comprehend "we gave you some earlier" and just kept following us asking and asking. Got incredibly pissed off at this, so when a different Bosnian woman come started begging I was all like "piss off" .. Not that I said that, and Stu even gave her some money. Sigh.
So that was all a bit stressful so we headed off towards the East Side Gallery, stopping first on the western side of the river and then walking across the Schlesisches Tor. Where we stopped again, this time at a cafe built on the old no-man's-land for some beer. Then walked up along the old wall.
Hopped on a train to Alexanderplatz for our next tower mission - the Fernsehturm, or as Stu dubbed it, the Stalinist golf ball heh. Was a bit crowded, and the usual bunches of people completely oblivious to anyone but themselves, blocking signs I was trying to read etc. Bumheads. But hopefully got a lot of decent photos.
After coming down we wandered down towards the river taking lots of photos as we went. Ended up near the Brandenburg Gate, where we jumped on a train, the changed to a tram to take us back to our neighborhood. We tried on the vegetarian restaurants - der Imbiss - whose logo was an upside-down maccas logo heh. And the staff were from Melbourne, Scotland and the USA! Food was quite good there too.
Went shopping on the way home. The supermarket had 500mL Bitburger beers for 75c each!! I wanted to buy more than the two we did heh :)
Sleepie!!
We missed a tram so Stu could enjoy this coffee
Trams only continued to run in East Berlin
East Berlin stop man (recently (2010) I've seen two
people wearing t-shirts with these dudes on them!
East Berlin go man
Die Welt balloon
Checkpoint Charlie
It was actually late morning by this stage and I was tired and grumpy from not getting enough to eat at breakfast, and then not able to find a simple hot dog there (they seem to be everywhere else except for when you really want one). Anyway so got something to eat but decided not to go into the museum as it was 12.50 euro each and Stu had been before. So just walked around the info boards they had all around the street. There were the usual barrage of souvenir vendors, and also a lot selling Russian memorabilia. Kept wanting to buy a Russian doll but they're probably made in China so not much point. Now if only I knew someone going to Russia to get me a real one.......
Wall of passports in the entrance of the museum
Checkpoint Charlie
Anyways. This Bosnian woman came around asking if anyone spoke English, but she turned out to be a beggar, so I gave her a couple of Euros (and Stu gave her some independently too). But get this. She asked *three frigging times* over the next half hour for money, and didn't comprehend "we gave you some earlier" and just kept following us asking and asking. Got incredibly pissed off at this, so when a different Bosnian woman come started begging I was all like "piss off" .. Not that I said that, and Stu even gave her some money. Sigh.
So that was all a bit stressful so we headed off towards the East Side Gallery, stopping first on the western side of the river and then walking across the Schlesisches Tor. Where we stopped again, this time at a cafe built on the old no-man's-land for some beer. Then walked up along the old wall.
The Spree River near Oberbaumbrücke
Oberbaumbrücke
Oberbaumbrücke
Spree River and Fernsehturm from Oberbaumbrücke
Astride the Berlin Wall and beginning of East Side Gallery
Enjoying a beer in no-man's land
I love crack! Part of the Berlin Wall
Famous graffitti on the East Side Gallery
No-man's land at the East Side Gallery
These dudes were in "Wings of Desire"
Hopped on a train to Alexanderplatz for our next tower mission - the Fernsehturm, or as Stu dubbed it, the Stalinist golf ball heh. Was a bit crowded, and the usual bunches of people completely oblivious to anyone but themselves, blocking signs I was trying to read etc. Bumheads. But hopefully got a lot of decent photos.
Mitte from the Fernsehturm
Oberbaumbrücke and the Spree from the Fernsehturm
Berlin Rathaus
After coming down we wandered down towards the river taking lots of photos as we went. Ended up near the Brandenburg Gate, where we jumped on a train, the changed to a tram to take us back to our neighborhood. We tried on the vegetarian restaurants - der Imbiss - whose logo was an upside-down maccas logo heh. And the staff were from Melbourne, Scotland and the USA! Food was quite good there too.
Fernsehturm
Fernsehturm
Rathaus
Neptune Fountain outside the Rathaus
Berliner Dom (we should have gone in here!)
Lustgarten - very pretty spot
Schlossbrücke
St. Hedwig's Cathedral (with a canvas picture covering the ever-present scaffolding)
University Library. We found this by accident by drifting through an
archway at random
Unter den Linden station sign
Der Imbiss
Went shopping on the way home. The supermarket had 500mL Bitburger beers for 75c each!! I wanted to buy more than the two we did heh :)
Sleepie!!