Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 1, 2023 Author #26 Share Posted November 1, 2023 The other group didn't get to see much of the wall , so here's some photos . And the Ampelmannchen , from the GDR , i.e. The little traffic men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 1, 2023 Author #27 Share Posted November 1, 2023 (edited) Some photos of the Dreamward brochure before it's paint job and becoming the Dream Our foward facing suite and it's terrace with exterior stairs Edited November 1, 2023 by scubacruiserx2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 2, 2023 Author #28 Share Posted November 2, 2023 A Berlin Wall drive by . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 3, 2023 Author #29 Share Posted November 3, 2023 (edited) The Gendarmenmarkt The German Church , the Concert House . The French Church . I had stitch a couple of photos together to fit them all in . You can double click on the photos to enlarge them . Another day and a wedding at the Concert Hall Edited November 3, 2023 by scubacruiserx2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 3, 2023 Author #30 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Alte Nationalgalerie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alte_Nationalgalerie The Berlin Cathedral https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Cathedral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 4, 2023 Author #31 Share Posted November 4, 2023 (edited) Alte Nationalgalerie The Berlin Cathedral had a Rinoplasty so we went inside . Main Dome The Alter We wished that we we could hear the organ Goodbye Berlin , we gotta fly . Edited November 4, 2023 by scubacruiserx2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 10, 2023 Author #32 Share Posted November 10, 2023 (edited) Next stop on the NCL Dream : Saint Petersburg Russia 2006 . Edited November 11, 2023 by scubacruiserx2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 11, 2023 Author #33 Share Posted November 11, 2023 (edited) As a child of the 50's we were afraid of the air raid siren that was tested @ 1300 every Saturday . I always thought that this would have been the perfect time for Russia to attack this country as most people were so used to it that they would ignore it . I never dreamed that we would go to Russia but in September of 2006 we did just that on the NCL Dream as part of our Baltic cruise . Edited November 11, 2023 by scubacruiserx2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted November 11, 2023 Author #34 Share Posted November 11, 2023 (edited) After I was dicharged from the Navy in 1974 , me ( A happy Veterans Day and Thank You to all who served ) , and my future wife worked at a plant that made artificial kidneys in Miami Lakes . She worked a 12 hour day shift and I worked the 12 hour night shift . There were some people from Russia that I worked with and we had some interesting conversations during the long nights . At that time they lived communially with 3 families together as they did in Russia . They told me of endless lines for food there with one group in the bread line , another in the meat line and the third in the fruit and or vegetable line all before or after work . They sometimes waited for hours only to be told that they had run out of food . They couldn't believe there eyes when they saw a supermarket full of different kinds of meatafter they moved to the US . Thinking that it was a trick , they loaded their cart with meat just to see if it were true that they could buy it . They did teach me to speak some Russian and a little Greek as that was their native language . The Fire Department called me 2 years after I tested and they had filled their quota of African American and Hispanic Firefighters in September of 1976 , the same year that I met my wife , so I was finally hired . After the birth of our first son , her position was discontinued , leaving me to work 2 jobs while she found some work that she could do at home . Fast foward to 2006 and retirement and we were on the doorstep of Saint Petersburg , Russia . Things had changed a lot in those 30 years - for the better . Edited November 11, 2023 by scubacruiserx2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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