"After Dark #3"

This site is dedicated to showing some of our "off hours" excursions during the third test run at BESSY.

Hotel. Again, we stayed at the Steglitz International hotel in Berlin. "Steglitz net site"

Dining.

Sights.

Polish Border. We drove east after work to arrive at the border between Germany and Poland.  The town of Frankfurt (Oder), Germany is only about 60 km east of Berlin. The river Oder can be crossed at this point to enter the town of Subicle, Poland.

• Pol01. Picture of the German side from the bridge as we approach the border crossing.
• Pol02. Picture of Bill standing on the Polish side of the border.
• Pol03. Picture taken just over the border.  We could not take our car, so Bill and I walked over the border and a few blocks into town.
• Pol04. Picture taken just over the border.
• Pol05. Picture taken just over the border.
• Pol06. Picture taken just over the border.

Coswig, Germany. While driving south from Berlin, we followed the back roads as usual. This particular road became very small, was made of cobblestone, wide enough for 1 1/2 cars and was stopped by the Anhalt river just south of Coswig. As we approached the river, we thought we had taken a wrong turn but when a gentleman came out of the house boardering the river and approached the car, I decided to ask directions.  He motioned me towards the river, at which point I noticed a small ferry and told me (in German ... he spoke no english) that it would be DM5.00 to cross the river with the car and three passengers.  Fair enough, we gave it a go.

• Coswig01. Picture of the red, like a Ferrari, Alfa Romeo on the ferry.
• Coswig02. Picture showing a diagram on the ferry describing how it worked which was that it essentially used the rivers current to push the ferry back and forth on the river .... clever, no motors needed.
• Coswig03. Picture of Ian.
• Coswig04. Picture of us approaching the far side of the river.

Colditz. The town of Colditz is situated between Dresden and Leipzig, Germany. Near the center of town is the 950 year old castle of Colditz which, as part of its rich history, was used as a prisoner of war camp during WWII by the Germans. Almost all prisoners were officers with at least one record of attempted escape. One of the most famous was Giles Romilly, a nephew of Winston Churchill

• Colditz01. Picture from the market area looking up towards the castle.
• Colditz02. Picture in the market area of storefronts.
• Colditz03. Picture the brief story of the Colditz prisoner of war camp.
• Colditz04. Picture taken outside the castle.
• Colditz05. Picture taken outside the castle.
• Colditz06. Picture taken outside the castle.
• Colditz07. Picture taken inside the castle central yard.
• Colditz08. Picture looking down thru the market area.
• Colditz09. Picture looking down thru the market area.
• Colditz10. Picture looking down one of the typical steets of downtown.

This page last updated April 07, 2000