Trip Reports - Berlin Weekend (with BA Club Europe, IC Hotel and a little time travel!)

I've just completed an update to www.rtwman.co.uk, featuring my recent weekend in Berlin. Included are a BA Club Europe flight log, a short report on the excellent InterContinental hotel, heaps of pics and some old pics from previous visits too.

I met up with PhilH while there, so I expect we'll be hearing from him soon as well.

Here's a little taster ... click on each pic to bring it up-to-date :-

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The Brandenburg Gate

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The Reichstag

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Checkpoint Charlie

OK, that's enough of that! You'll have to visit my site for the rest :p

Hope you enjoy :)

I am impressed. You certainly managed to get around and your coverage of the city certainly puts me to shame. I don't know if I would have managed to take in so much if I had an option to languish in such a lovely suite. ;) Great photos too. Fascinating contrast.

Thanks for you Mini Report and the historic Pictures of Berlin.

Great to catch up on your tripping again Steady-EDI and nice to see the bmi Gold card (status match presumably :D)

Great report and photos (as usual), Steady-EDI!!

As I said to you at the weekend, I'm just sad that I was too young to visit the Communist countries of Eastern Europe when they were around*, as it interests me intensely. I think Swanhunter expressed similar opinions about visiting Communist countries when he wrote his North Korea TR ^ recently.

Its amazing to see your photos of how it was, versus how it is now. Something that I will never have in my personal records, which makes me even more grateful for you sharing it with us :-: .

Thanks and keep up the great work and keep enjoying your travels!!!



* Although of course I'm not saying that I would have liked the awful communist regimes to have lasted one more day than they did.

Steady-EDI:

Great website. I can't believe you did all that in one weekend. I was looking up information on Berlin as I will be stopping there for 2 days on the way home from Prague and your website and pictures helped me in planning my own 2 days there. Thank you.

Steady, great idea with the pics in the original post ^

Another great mini report! Berlin is great, was my first Club Europe daytrip almost 2yrs ago now and had a good time reminiscing thanks to your report and pictures. I really enjoy the TXL lounge too, a nice place to spend the time before boarding :)

Many thanks for all the positive feedback ^ ... it helps keep me motivated!

Fraser, I remember your trip report well. I was amazed at what you got to see in a single day and thought that doing it in Club Europe was a real touch of class :)

Mahalo, glad to be of service. I am currently working on my Prague report, so keep a look out for it later this week. Hope you have a great trip and what can I say except ... mahalo! :D