My 2013 Project

THE RIVER WALK 
 ALONG THE SPREE IN BERLIN

In 2013 we went back to Berlin to visit family and friends. 

I felt I had to go on walkabouts again to explore anew the place where I grew up. 

No harbour here to walk around. But there is a river which flows right through the middle of Berlin, the Spree. And that river  was in large part the divide between East and West during the Cold War.   

Yes, it would be good to walk along the banks of the river Spree.

So I did. 

I had to do the walk in stages. I could have walked it all easily in a day. It is about 10 km only to walk from Oberbaumbruecke to Hansabruecke. But I never had that much time to myself. And I wanted to walk alone again. It feels better, one notices more what is going on all around. So I fitted bits of river walks in between visits whenever I could. 

I would have liked to walk a longer distance, from Koepenick to Spandau, from Mueggelsee to the river Havel. But there was just not enough time to do it. Maybe next time I can do that. 

I did my River Spree Walks from end of April to beginning of June 2013