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We set out for a 6 day trip to Germany, concentrating on the old DDR sites in the East of the country.
Not wanting to do the 'usual' sites, we opted to do some less well known sites, less 'mainstream' you might say.
Germany has to be treated with some respect when it comes to UE, if you are caught you should expect a fine as it is illegal, or if in my case, you can act out trying to photograph a deer in a live military site and be let off by The German Army!
Apart from the Army and 2 men with mustaches, the only other security we met were the mosquitos, the blood sucking mother *******, I am still recovering now!
So off we pop.
Our first port of call after a bit of fun on the Autobahn is Expo 2000 in Hannover, A bit like the Millennium Dome, it made a massive loss and is now partially in use and partially derelict. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_2000)
For the complete set, please visit my website
Next we visited the Helmstedt-Marienborn Border Checkpoint, the only large East-West checkpoint to be preserved in the country.
For the complete set, please visit my website.
Not far from the checkpoint is a section of the Death Strip, the road that cuts Germany in half, this road was driven every day before the wall came down on the patrol for anyone trying to escape into the west, if they were to attempt it would usually end up in them being shot dead.
The Watch Tower we visited has been dismantled but is still in place, in the middle of the forest.
The Death Strip Road...
When we got to Berlin the same day, we went to Camp SG, a small Soviet barracks with an airfield, not a large one though.
For the complete set, please visit my website.
The next day we went off to Camp 4000, a Nuclear Warhead/Missile storage base, in the middle of the forest (as with most things Soviet Based).
Continued in the next post...
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