Monday, June 9, 2008

Sailing the Spree



Our friends, Ben and Sandra, had the fabulous idea that we should take advantage of all there is to see in our city and act like tourists this weekend. So they organized a boat tour on the Spree River on Saturday. We got great seats together and set off for a 4 hour tour.

It was one of those idealic summer days where there were few clouds to be seen, blue skies, and a pleasant breeze. Who knew that Berlin had more bridges than Venice and Amsterdam? One thousand, in sum total, scattered throughout the city.

It was the perfect day. I got overheated; John drank too much; the gruff German tour guide screamed at us for standing up whilst coming towards a low hanging bridge; and the rows of Germans sitting in front and behind us changed seats because the noisy Americans were talking too much. A great time was had by all!

1 comment:

Snooker said...

Looks fabulous!
I thought about doing the same thing on Sunday, but never rolled around to it.