Category Archives: Berlin

Leaving Berlin to go to Potsdam – An Interesting City

Posted on August 25, 2014 by agclontarf

We got up early (at 7 am) to leave Berlin before the tourist boats got going. Again this proved to be a wise decision as we passed through Charlottenburg Lock and were out on the Havel See (Lake) by 9.am, … Continue reading →

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Nuala brings two men she met on the quayside, to the boat!

Posted on August 24, 2014 by agclontarf

We have returned to Berlin. We are retracing our steps through the centre of Berlin along the Spree River.  I was going to tell you about this….. but then, Nuala brought two German men back to the boat.

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Today we leave Zeuthen in former East Germany after 39 days.

Posted on August 20, 2014 by agclontarf

Today we dragged ourselves away from Boothaus Roll in Zeuthen. We have been here since 12th July. This is the longest we stayed anywhere. In our hearts we did not want to move but we must as we have a Gap … Continue reading →

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Why have you seen a number of times on the blog- Sorry no Blog – No Internet!

Posted on July 23, 2014 by agclontarf

To keep in touch with family and friends and to put our blogs online, we need internet and mobile phone coverage on the boat. Thus, we have had to have our own mobile Internet devices.

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Berlin family entertains us- our first night in a house in four months

Posted on July 21, 2014 by agclontarf

On Friday, Nuala and I set off to visit Heike and her family. Nuala first met Heike thirty seven years ago when they were both au pairs in Paris. Heike reminded Nuala that it was twenty seven years since they … Continue reading →

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Not sure what to tell you this Friday

Posted on July 18, 2014 by agclontarf

We continue to stay at Boothaus Roll on the Zeuthern See and the weather has been very mixed. We have had glorious sunshine one day and thunderstorms and hail stones the next. We have spent the time cleaning the boat and … Continue reading →

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The Lakes around Berlin

Posted on July 14, 2014 by agclontarf

As Germany won the World Cup last night, you can guess we are in a very happy place today! We got our T.V. out and watched it ourselves. I did not realise before we came to Berlin how many large … Continue reading →

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We have reached our final destination – Berlin

Posted on July 13, 2014 by agclontarf

At 10.00am on Friday 11th July we arrived in Berlin. We entered the Spree River and after passing through the Charlottenburg Lock we moored at a designated place near the city centre. We had reached our final destination having travelled … Continue reading →

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