Thingorjus stranded at Tegel w/LV Luggage!
Dec 7th, 2007, 02:42 PM
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1. I don't want to take a taxi. It isn't about the cost. I want to learn to take public transportation again as I drive a Volvo station wagon that is contributing to America's vast consumption of oil. (Don't any of you read Tom Friedman of the NYTimes?)
2. I don't have to drag my luggage. I am taking ONE LV Keepall, which resembles a large duffle bag.
3. I can easily walk 3 miles. Easily.
DAX, what do you mean the "rough, uneven Friedrichstrasse?" I thought the Friedrichstrasse was the Champs Elysee of Berlin. Are you telling me that it is a cowpath?????
I think I am going to take the TXL bus to Unter den Linden. I think it will be nice to look out the window and see Berlin.
Thinny
2. I don't have to drag my luggage. I am taking ONE LV Keepall, which resembles a large duffle bag.
3. I can easily walk 3 miles. Easily.
DAX, what do you mean the "rough, uneven Friedrichstrasse?" I thought the Friedrichstrasse was the Champs Elysee of Berlin. Are you telling me that it is a cowpath?????
I think I am going to take the TXL bus to Unter den Linden. I think it will be nice to look out the window and see Berlin.
Thinny
Dec 7th, 2007, 03:31 PM
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I was talking about the pavement surface if you have to drag a suitcase. It's not a factor if you're carrying a duffel bag, though the cold weather may play a factor btw walking inside a train station vs the outdoor pavement.
Friedrichstrasse is not the Champs Ellysees of Berlin, maybe more like Rue St Honore with a small Galleries Lafayette. The Kurfurstendam and Unter den Linden is more like Champs Ellysees. In any case the better stretch of Friedrichstrasse is south of Unter den Linden. Northward used to be patchy but it has been undergoing a lot of rebuilding. The Melia hotel itself was part of the revival project around the Friedrichstr Station.
Friedrichstrasse is not the Champs Ellysees of Berlin, maybe more like Rue St Honore with a small Galleries Lafayette. The Kurfurstendam and Unter den Linden is more like Champs Ellysees. In any case the better stretch of Friedrichstrasse is south of Unter den Linden. Northward used to be patchy but it has been undergoing a lot of rebuilding. The Melia hotel itself was part of the revival project around the Friedrichstr Station.
Dec 8th, 2007, 03:40 AM
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> I thought the Friedrichstrasse was the Champs Elysee of Berlin. Are you telling me that it is a cowpath?????
No, not that - but the entire area has been cossed by a certain wall not so long ago, and it will take a few more years until all the construction activity will be finished. Although, knowing Berlin, it will never be finished - the coat of arms of Berlin should not contain a bear, but a building crane and an outstetched, begging hand. (For the tax money transfer the city receives and continously mismanages)
No, not that - but the entire area has been cossed by a certain wall not so long ago, and it will take a few more years until all the construction activity will be finished. Although, knowing Berlin, it will never be finished - the coat of arms of Berlin should not contain a bear, but a building crane and an outstetched, begging hand. (For the tax money transfer the city receives and continously mismanages)
Dec 8th, 2007, 01:43 PM
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altamiro wrote:
<i>Although, knowing Berlin, it will never be finished - the coat of arms of Berlin should not contain a bear, but a building crane and an outstetched, begging hand. (For the tax money transfer the city receives and continously mismanages)</i>
Well, well.. as an ex- and almost native Berliner I would say that the rest of my German compatriots should be happy to give a little money so we have at least one decent city in the country. Having to live in Munich, I sure know what I have to miss every day...
<i>Although, knowing Berlin, it will never be finished - the coat of arms of Berlin should not contain a bear, but a building crane and an outstetched, begging hand. (For the tax money transfer the city receives and continously mismanages)</i>
Well, well.. as an ex- and almost native Berliner I would say that the rest of my German compatriots should be happy to give a little money so we have at least one decent city in the country. Having to live in Munich, I sure know what I have to miss every day...
Dec 8th, 2007, 01:50 PM
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>Having to live in Munich
Munich is in fact the best place to live in all of Europe. Nobody would want to live in a "broke but sexy" place like Berlin!
. They got all the money to survive from Bavaria, yet they complain. We should change a few things No more free money!
Munich is in fact the best place to live in all of Europe. Nobody would want to live in a "broke but sexy" place like Berlin!
. They got all the money to survive from Bavaria, yet they complain. We should change a few things No more free money!
Dec 8th, 2007, 01:53 PM
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Isn't most of the building soon finished? I didn't see too many empty lots but lots of new or restored buildings.
Loved the new train station. The new Sony building isn't really my cup of tea but I guess that's modern architecture.
Loved the new train station. The new Sony building isn't really my cup of tea but I guess that's modern architecture.
Dec 8th, 2007, 02:11 PM
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>Munich is in fact the best place to live in all of Europe.
Second best, but close
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>Nobody would want to live in a "broke but sexy" place like Berlin!
Except those unfortunate who don't have any other choice ;-)
Second best, but close
)>Nobody would want to live in a "broke but sexy" place like Berlin!
Except those unfortunate who don't have any other choice ;-)
Dec 8th, 2007, 04:11 PM
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While I understand the unfair burden on non Berliners, there is a silver lining I can think of: All that money is spent on rebuilding a german city rather than financing an endless war halfway across the world.
Dec 8th, 2007, 04:53 PM
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Are you going to Kafer for lunch or dinner? We've been twice for lunch and jeans are fine, but most will be dressed a good bit less gansta than you. I'd guess dinner will be a bit more buttoned up.
