This was posted by Berlioz in October 2012. In November 2014 it is going to be 25 years since the wall came down! And it is now more than 50 years since the wall had been built!
I remember this day in October 2012 when we went for an excursion to Glienicker Brücke and from there to the Cafe GARAGE DU PONT which is situated just across the bridge in Potsdam. We had a lovely coffee break there with cake and a bit of brandy. We felt really spoilt!
Yesterday my wife showed some travel fatigue and was saying it was time we would heading home to Australia again. I thought it was time for an outing. The city of Berlin is surrounded by beautiful forests, rivers and lakes like no other city.
The River Havel
Just take the electric train ( S-Bahn ) and or a bus and head out in any direction. We were heading West to Glienicker Brücke.
Glienicker Brücke forms the border between Berlin and the city of Potsdam and was formerly the border between the two power blocks during the Cold War. Here, as you may have seen in movies or documentaries prisoners or spies were exchanged between the super powers.
Glienicker Brücke as seen from former West-Berlin
The East-Germans called the bridge the “Bridge of Unity”. It was anything but.
We strolled across the bridge, made famous in the German film “Under the…
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AuntyUta 
Thank you for rebloging my blog. We had a beautiful day, but I have to make a correction. In the Cafe “Garage Du Pont” I had a grappa and you an amaretto. We should do this again one of those days.
Thanks for this correction about the drinks, Peter, and yes I would very much like another visit. Just let’s see whether we can make it again!