[Paddlewise] Looking back

Back in the late 60ies I was apprentice at Siemens and quiet frequently had to
go to Berlin by train. Crossing GDR - customs etc late at night was a
challenge in itself. But when morning came - early morning ´round 5:00 - we
came through a region s.w. of Berlin with lots of lakes and the Havel. After a
bad night in a rumbling train that was a sight which, though I wasnt paddling
then, made my day: Water, lovely water in an otherwise "grey country".


When the border opened in 89 I still was not paddling frequently (as I did in
my fathers Klepper double in the early 60ies and as I do now. since I live
almost at the shore of Lake of Constance - a mere 700 meters to go), but I
took the time to go there by car, stroll around. Paddling there in 96, 97 -
and from there right into Berlin - was another thing, even better. I did it
and sure will do it again. It is amazing how much you can see in that city
from the water (and what you need not see, too).





Frank Fichtmueller


Guetebohlweg 4, D 78343 Gaienhofen / GER





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