WC Map 2015

WC Map 2015
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Berlin, Germany

Wednesday, June 10, 2015


We had the wakeup call set for 5am today. The noise from the deck below woke us before it came. We did not dock on our side, but on the port side. We came into to the port of Warnemunde and past the cruise terminal building and turn around and came back to dock. This looks like a nice little port town. The cruise terminal is right next to the ferry dock and you could see the train station from the ship as we sailed in. It looked like a new terminal building but there was nothing in there. They must have had Internet in there from the number of people sitting around in there when we came back through it.

We had our long Alla Tour in Berlin today and they did a great job. It was always going to be a long drive for a short tour but they managed our time very well. We were only 1 over the maximum group size and not 10 or 12 over. Also today’s price for a 12 hour tour was only $105 vs. yesterday’s $125 for 5 hours with only 3 guided hours. Copenhagen is crazy! We have canceled our other Alla Tour for our return visit to Copenhagen. Today’s tour had to actually be shorten because there was a bridge that needed to be repaired and couldn’t handle big buses, yet we still hit all our marks on the tour today. Yesterday we missed a good big chunk of what was on the schedule with no explanation of why. Anyway, enough complaining about yesterday’s tour of Copenhagen. It was a long 3-hour bus ride to Berlin. But, I was ready to go and did not wait in the room for announcements. We were down on deck 5 waiting for the doors to open when Julie came through and told some people nearby that she was chatting with that they could go down to deck 4 and leave now if they wanted. We zipped down and out. I was the first passenger ashore! We crossed the parking lot as a woman was crossing towards us with an Alla sign. She checked us off her list and pointed out our bus. We were first on and scored the seats behind the driver. Perfect! The views were good and the scenery was interesting. They must do a lot of deer hunting around here. It was a very agricultural area with a lot of wind farms! Our guide, Stefan, told us to look for deer, foxes, cranes and storks in the fields we passed. We did see cranes on the way to Berlin and deer on the way back. So, the drive was fine and had a comfort stop in each direction. It costs .50 Euros every time you enter a rest room in Germany. We had a great tour in Berlin for a quick overview. Stefan gave us concise yet detailed information and answered all questions. He gave us clear instructions and kept the tour on track and on schedule. He hit all the marks that were on the published itinerary. I won’t list them here. Clay has photos. We were very pleased with today’s tour and now we are exhausted.

We got back to the ship and went straight to Terrace for dinner. It was very busy up there. They were having a special German buffet! The grill had been turned into a bratwurst buffet. The pasta station was making cheese spaetzli. Most of the desserts were German themed. It was good. The show tonight is a vocalist, Kermit Gray. We are skipping it.

The ship must have had everyone aboard early, because we sailed 15 -20 minutes early. The clocks are moved ahead one hour tonight. Tomorrow is a much needed sea day. Our next port is Talinn. I have a feeling that we will move the clocks ahead again tomorrow night! Good night!