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Bad Blue 2000 wrote:

Petingo wrote:I always wondered why U2 are so fond of Berlin and have recorded albums here, including Achtung Baby and Zooroopa.

Well, to get to the Zoo in Berlin one has to ride the tube, called here the Unter Bahn......and the line the Zoo is on is called the U2.

The U2 was a plane.

U2 nicked all their imagery from Joy Division.

The U2 is also an underground line in Berlin.....similiar to the Picadilly or the Central Line in London

This time last week i was exploring the azeville gun battery in Normandy as part of a holiday trip, including the concrete tunnels that linked them and housed the gun crews. It was quite a day, as me and Mrs blase had just come from Utah beach, and before that Ste. Mare Eglise.

Bad Blue 2000 wrote:

Petingo wrote:I always wondered why U2 are so fond of Berlin and have recorded albums here, including Achtung Baby and Zooroopa.

Well, to get to the Zoo in Berlin one has to ride the tube, called here the Unter Bahn......and the line the Zoo is on is called the U2.

The U2 was a plane.

U2 nicked all their imagery from Joy Division.

According to the big girl, U2 take their name from the Dublin equivalent of the old UB40 registration form.

In the Republic when Bono and the boys were growing up it was called a U2.

Mr Wiki says: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2

In March 1978, the group changed their name to "U2".[12] Steve Averill, a punk rock musician (with the Radiators) and family friend of Clayton's, had suggested six potential names from which the band chose "U2" for its ambiguity and open-ended interpretations, and because it was the name that they disliked the least.[13]

They were 17 and 18 at the time. A quick search shows a U2 form as some EU form about claiming dole if moving to another country: http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/mo ... he_eu.html

Only ever knew U-2 as the plane and Gary Powers.

Carlos J wrote:Mr Wiki says: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2

In March 1978, the group changed their name to "U2".[12] Steve Averill, a punk rock musician (with the Radiators) and family friend of Clayton's, had suggested six potential names from which the band chose "U2" for its ambiguity and open-ended interpretations, and because it was the name that they disliked the least.[13]

They were 17 and 18 at the time. A quick search shows a U2 form as some EU form about claiming dole if moving to another country: http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/mo ... he_eu.html

Only ever knew U-2 as the plane and Gary Powers.

U 2......spy plane

U 2.......tube line

U 2......dole card

Darkyboy wrote:

Petingo wrote:grrrrr.....


ol’ Pet is currently vacationing in Berlin, Germany and one of the highlights of the trip was to see around the eponymous costruct.

Downfall is one of my all time favourite filums.

But it seems they have closed it down temprarily on account of neo-Nazi types making their visit into a pilgrimage

Downfall is a superb film Pet. I thought the area was just an anonymous car park these days?

It is.
It isn't temporarily closed, but permanently.
If going to Berlin, can 100% recommend the walking tours which originate by Zoo station. There's a choice of themes, eg Cold War , or Third Reich. I did the latter and it was brilliant.
Incidentally by Zoo there is one of the enormous towers they built to hold anti-aircraft guns, with civilian shelters underneath.

Is that in case we leave the EU on a no deal basis ?

Petingo wrote:U 2......spy plane
U 2.......tube line
U 2......dole card

U2 ... batteries, in the olden days, equivalent to a "D".

You can visit the eagles nest in Bavaria . A beautiful part of Germany

theleader82 wrote:You can visit the eagles nest in Bavaria . A beautiful part of Germany

Indeed, Leader. Off to Munich for a week in July and a visit to the Eagle's Nest is on the agenda.

Anyone been to Munich, any tips gratefuly received. Lots of sausage and getting naked in the English Garden a given.

Carlos J wrote:

theleader82 wrote:You can visit the eagles nest in Bavaria . A beautiful part of Germany

Indeed, Leader. Off to Munich for a week in July and a visit to the Eagle's Nest is on the agenda.

Anyone been to Munich, any tips gratefuly received. Lots of sausage and getting naked in the English Garden a given.

Yup, went to Munich in Summer 2008, Carlos. A lovely city and reasonably compact. The Opera House and the Cathedral and must see places. As is Neuwanstein Castle, it's towers over the countryside and the views are amazing. If scenery and culture is your game, go to pretty, picturebook Bavarian towns like Heidelberg, Regensburg and and Bayreuth. Love Bavaria and the Black Forest.

Cheers, kancut. Will look into them.

House rules at the Deutsche Eiche (German Oak, geddit) bathhouse:

CLEANING FEE:An additional cleaning fee will be charged in case a guest soils anything outside of the toilets with urine, feces or vomit. Golden Shower games are only permitted in the Golden Shower Room.

Will you be having some strong Mein Herr action, My Wibbentrop?

Off to Berlin In August fo 5 days, apart from the usual sights etc,any other places to visit?