Tuesday, 24 March 2009

Tasks #17 And #67 Begun

On the 22nd I returned from a trip to Germany to visit my brother who is studying over there. During the trip we visited the capital of Germany, Berlin, and this photo shows me standing next to a piece of the famous Berlin Wall, situated in Potsdamer Platz:



So thus begins the challenge to visit every European capital city.

Task #67 - Begun!

Whilst in Germany, I stayed with my brother in a little town called Jena in the old East Germany. Whilst there I noticed that the little green man used to signal when people could cross the road was different to that in the UK. This picture shows what it looks like:



I found it amusing that the green crossing man was wearing a little hat. Then, when we visited Berlin I saw much more of the wee man. All credit to the Germans, they know when they are on to a winner, and sure enough the little guy was popping up on mugs and T-Shirts in all of the tourist shops. I saw this in one of the shops and had to have it as a reminder:



It was when I returned to the hotel that it occured to me that this little man could be the beginning of my pointless collection of a keyring from each European capital city.

Task #17 - Begun!

2 comments:

  1. Congrats! Getting the motivation to start things is often the hardest part. Did you enjoy your trip to Berlin?
    I love the key chain guy too haha. He's so weird looking, and keychains are a great momento of where you've traveled, I think that's a rad idea.

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  2. Yeh I absolutely loved Berlin. Got to see a lot but was soooo tired after 3 days. We then went onto Munich for a few days so at the end of the week I was nackered!

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