Monday, 1 April 2013
i stayed in a really “hip” hostel in the east side of Berlin. I have no idea what “hip” means in the context of a hostel, but I know that is the right word to describe it. The walk to Ostbahnhof (East Train Station) passed next to the East side of the Berlin Wall. One of the few remaining sections of the Berlin Wall that is still standing.
I hopped onto a tube to Zoologischer Garten, which I think the Germans meant Zoological Garden, terrible spelling. From there, I worked my way through the city from west to east. After a lot of walking, I finally realised that maps make distances seemed shorter. I visited the Museum of photography, tiergarten, Brandenburg Gate, Museum Island, Potsdamer Platz, Jewish Memorial, Checkpoint Charlie, and Kaiser Cathedral.
I met a Swedish couple who were really friendly and recommended Stockholm for a visit because of the lakes. I responded with my routine conversational topic of vibration monitoring on helicopter transmissions. However, they had to leave just as I finished explaining the concept of synchronised Fourier transform to monitor the health of the teeth on the gears and was about to move onto the fascinating differences of isolating the background vibration signature for the conditions of the bearings. I think it reinforces my understanding if another person can also understand the concepts and theory that I explained.
Adventures of Delboy 