The Kimberley School Newsletter October 2015 | Page 6

BERLIN TRIP 2
This school trip left Kimberley on Tuesday night and
arrived in Berlin on Wednesday afternoon (14th-15th
July 2015). Luxury coach, fantastic drivers Andy
and Dave, superb students, great weather. Besides
many tweets, we sent this email postcard to all the
Kimberley staff on the evening of Friday 17th July…

Greetz from Berlin Wannsee, we are having a great
trip. So far have watched and completed questions on
documentary called Escape from Red Berlin, walked
along the shore of the lake and called at Loretta's
beer garden, visited Checkpoint Charlie and paid our
respects to Peter Fechter, seen the open air museum
in the excavated Gestapo prison cells on
Niederkirchnerstraße and lunched at the redeveloped
Potsdamer Platz Arkaden; then called at the British
and Commonwealth war graves and toured the 1936
Olympic Stadium, that was Wednesday evening and
our first full day (Thursday) until the evening meal. The
students are taking everything in their stride, great to
see history with your own eyes and speak German
in Germany. It's very hot, we had a full day today,
Friday too - stunning panoramas from the TV tower,
river cruise through historic Berlin and new
government district, lunch in Heiligegeistgasse,
the book burning square Bebelplatz, many other
sights on Unter den Linden, readings about Herbert
Baum and the incredible Berliner Stadtschloss...and
The Brandenburg Gate and the Monument to the
Murdered Jews of Europe. With it being so hot,
we took a quick tea and walked 10 minutes to the
Strandbad Wannsee for an hour's bathing in the lake.
Still a glorious evening. Hope you are all well, looking
forward to ……….
Minutes after sending this email there came a Francis
Drake moment. Down by the lake, with the shadows
lengthening, Andy interrupted my game of table
tennis with Jack to say, eventually, that the coach

needed a major replacement part fitting and would
most likely be out of action until Monday. Unlike
Sir Francis, I did not finish my game. Saturday saw
us use taxis, buses, city railways and our legs rather
more than planned, w