7th August 2025. Berlin to Korschenbroich

 Up pretty early to make the most of essentially a travel day and of course we know that Schillers Deli is open, so we pack ourselves up and head off.

With not much time we decide to again walk towards our destination ( train station) and tourist along the way. 

From the Deli it’s an easy walk to the Tiergarten, it’s a beautiful park and quite big I think. It’s like a forest in the middle of the city. Full of cyclists and runners doing their thing at this time of day. One thing we notice is there are many cyclists and they look like mostly commuters on their way to work or study.  We don’t see this as much on the Gold Coast as there really isn’t the mutual respect between driver and cyclists. Anyhoo, I digress

We find ourselves on the Straße Des 17 Juni and the With the Brandenberg Gate and the Pariser Platz at one end and the Victory Column at the other. It may seem like a bit of an odd name for a street but it refers to the 17th June 1953 uprising in East Germany.

We continue to walk, passing Bellevue Palace which is the home of the German President.

Complete the loop and arrive at Berlin Bahnhof for our 1048 am train home to Korschenbroich via Düsseldorf . We messed that up a bit as Burkhard was picking us up but not in Korschenbroich rather in the earlier village of Kleinbroich. You can see our confusion.

Finally home and afternoon spent chatting.

Another magnificent dinner from Beate with a slow roasted shoulder of lamb, spoiling our Harry.

We finally had the opportunity to open that champagne to finally toast Tina and Harry’s engagement.

We also bought with us a couple of red wines. The vintages were the same as Harry and Tina’ birth years, 1993 and 1994. We enjoyed Tina’s vintage this evening.

Off to bed to rest before a couple of big days ahead.