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                                                 Day 17 - September 27 - Berlin
 
                                                 Good Morning Berlin.  Woke up early due to ongoing phone calls - seems the hotel digital phone system had our
                                                 line mixed with the line next door.  "No, this is not room 350, honest!".
 
                                                 Started with Starbucks coffee and breakfast in the Alsace kiosks - a flamkruchen (think very thin dry pizza with 
                                                 real ham bits and favorable cheeses).   Seems that Starbucks was very popular - directions were being asked
                                                 since we all had plenty of advertising cups.  
 
                                                 The "Man from the Pine Tree" (Alsace marketing person) introduced himself and provided pine sap and white
                                                 wine mixture - quite hearty would be the best description.   His necklace of pine cones was quite unique.
 
                                                 Off to walk the central City - including the outdoor Holocaust memorial, Brandenburg Gate, and new 
                                                 Berlin HaupthBahnHof (Train station).  In between walks was the inline skate marathons - roaring by on the 
                                                 main boulevard under the Lime Trees.  
 
                                                 Dinner was a very nice Italian restaurant - time for pasta on the eve of the Marathon.  Very popular spot since
                                                 once the bill was presented, the next group was parked standing next to the table.  Nice finishing evening at the 
                                                 Grand Hyatt rooftop pool complex.
 
 
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                                                    Berlin - Potsdamer Platz Alsace Region Kiosks   Berlin - Potsdamer Platz Alsace Region Kiosks   Berlin Scenes   Berlin Scenes - Bradenburg Gate   
                                                                           Berlin Scenes - Reichstag Building   Berlin Scenes - Reichstag Building   Berlin Scenes - Reichstag Building
                                                         Berlin Scenes - New Main Train Station   Berlin Scenes   Berlin Scenes
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                                                        Berlin Scenes   Berlin Scenes   Berlin Scenes - Inline Skate Marathon
                                                        Berlin Scenes - Holocaust Museum   Berlin Scenes - Holocaust Museum   Berlin Scenes - Holocaust Museum   Berlin Scenes - Holocaust Museum
                                                                                                                                   Berlin Scenes - Sunset
                                                                                                    

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