day+4+-+27th+June

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 * [[image:YWKY3CCAJ596V2CA5CSD6HCAOHUXKOCAY38WVPCA208T57CA99SNHPCABT5O0CCA34Q7N8CAYQ8FWYCA4OSINTCA4ZDDNQCASU7GVKCA0ZIQRTCATP92H3CAFZPWC3CATC5UZ6CARV7Z23.jpg align="left"]]Frau Marsh** will start: I went to **Berlin** and went to the **Bernauer Straße Museum** - I saw a street where the back [[image:YAX6PLCA2MDLCLCAPQUFUACAT3HG4DCAC07UO4CA3MO11ECAR5GMEICA4513UHCAJLUZLGCA1BGWQVCAYRKD57CAT3XGQFCA5WMMCKCASPPZQPCAVMC8EUCA9QSSPJCAOSMWNZCAX8YCJ9.jpg align="right"]]windows had been in the west and the front in the east. People had initially jumped out of windows to escape but then the East German Police boarded up the windows and eventually demolished the houses. There was a church which was in no-man's land between the walls and it could not be used for 28 years! or the cemetery!=====

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I also went to the **Hackesche Höfe** - markets, restaurants lovely little shops and the new Hauptbahnhof (station) which has super new shops. I walked to **Museum Insel** and **Unter den Linden** past the university buildings and the **Berliner Dom** and then down to **Pariser Platz** and the **Brandenburger Tor.**=====

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I finished my stroll (!) at **Potsdamer Platz** where I watched the **St Christopher Street Gay Parade**!! I do feel a little traumatised by the whole experience but I consider it to be part of my cultural education (Berlin is the most liberal city in the world!) - there were some fabulous costumes etc too!!!!=====

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Tim Mussellwhite and Till Zachow went karting on the Spreewaldring and had a brilliant time! =====