Berlin, April 2008
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I go home to Berlin. A business trip and a nice coincidence that my first trip to Europe this year goes to Berlin. I have to present at a conference and I will meet friends and family
I fly from Newark to Düsseldorf and from there to Berlin. Weather is great and so I can take some nice pictures out of the plane.
Meadowlands Sports Complex - the old and the new Giants Stadium
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George Washington Bridge over the Hudson
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The old and the new Yankee Stadium
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Sunset
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Flying with Private Air. I had 35 minutes for imigration and getting to my connecting flight. I made it, my luggage made it too. I am back in Germany.
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I spot the place where river Elbe meets river Havel. I am almost home.
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The hotel is in the very center of the city so I can use some minutes and walk to Brandenburg Gate. The Czech President is there and gets escorted by Berlin police
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Due to the visit the square in front of Brandenburg Gate is closed. I decide to ignore this, enter the empty square, get into discussion with police men which results in me taking the photographs and then clearing the place. I would never dare to try this in America.
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Home. Alexanderplatz. I used to live about 1000 feet from there.
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The World Clock on Alexanderplatz
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I do some shopping in some other areas.
Prenzlauer Berg is the old Berlin
Prenzlauer Berg is the old Berlin
Bornholmer Straße
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Schönhauser Allee. The Subway is on top here
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Upside down situation at Schönhauser Allee Station. The subway is on top, the city train goes underground
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My parents place is about 7 miles away from the city center
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Flying back via Munich. Taking off in Berlin I can see that sailing season has obviously started
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Straubing in Bavaria. I am close to Munich
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The soccer stadium of the German Champion Bayern München looks like an UFO has landed
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We are in Munich
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Start in Munich
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The Alps are not so far away. Just another 60 miles from Munich
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Audi is Bavarian too. We pass the Audi test track in Schwaig before we go through the clouds
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