My Berlin Trip from 8-15 of July 2006 for the Football-WM.
I arrive late in Berlin at night, watch the end of the fooball game.
The I head for the Teufelsberg (Devil's hill) to camp wild and set up camp in the dark, using only a small bike flash light; here my first sight after waking up in the morning.

The next day I meet Oliver, my son and we go to the WM fan mile.

Am nächsten Tag treffe ich Oliver, mein Sohn und wir gehen zur WM Fan Mile.

The first half of the WM we watch near the Olympic Stadium at a TV-store.

Late that night I ride deep into the dark Grunewald forest and hang up my sleeping hammock. I wake up and take a picture.

I continue by bike to Staaken and visit Andreas and Gabi and stay there for 2 nights.

Then I ride my bike along the Havel River and go to the Sharfe Lanke where I lived in the years 1971-74.

I had one of these appartments for West-German workers. You can see the Teufelsberg in the background where I had camped 4 days earlier.

In the other direction you see the Havel tower, near where I had hammocked 3 night earlier.

I then take the public ferry (BVG) to the other side of the Wannsee Lake.

Here you see the large Wannsee beach.

I set up my tent wild (UPTTS) at the Teufelsee (Devil's Lake) not far from the Teufelsberg where I had camped 3 days earlier.

I use the hammock as a ground cloth and mainly for it's mosquito netting. I sleep
not in the length of the tent, but sidewise; there is plenty of room in the UPTTS.

The UPTTS is kept nicely stretched using the stretch cords, that also hold my bag in my rear bicycle basket.

My UPTTS at a distance, 100 meters from the lake.

In the morning I go for a swim in the Teufelsee. After the swim I take down my UPTTS.

I visit the new train station; it is huge and very futuristic. It is huge and I am impressed.




That afternoon I find some funny art statue near Rosentaler Platz.

I set up camp once again at the same spot at the Teufelsee.

This time I sleep length wise. In the night heavy rain, but I was absolutly dry. In the morning I go again for another swim.

I got a call from my job position at Macromedia, so I have to do some work. I go to the easy-internet cafe´at the Kudamm and work (my office in Berlin).

In the evening I head back after getting my bag from a locker at the Technical University sport center on the edge of the Grunewald forest. That is also where I would take my daily shower and wash my ultralite wind jacket and pants.

I head back on top of the Teufelsberg. This is the view in direction Olympic Stadium. The large building is an appartment house.

I find a nice spot with a littel bench. Of course I wasn't the only one up there.

I get up at sun rise and after packing I bicycle to the Winterfeld Market, where my friend Willi has a sales stand. He is surprised to see me.

I stay about an hour and then head to the train station, where I 'organize' my train ride back to Heidelberg, where I arrive late in the evening.

Bernd