European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 04, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse On o Berlin afternoons a Poloi by Guenther Schuettz Down tie even when Iff Chilly passengers still enjoy trips on ships that ply Berlin s Waterways. Trip along the Havel Are interesting and inexpensive Cost ranging from 7% to 60 cents. Ship Captain gets Basket of eggs on first trip of year. By James Gunter is Berlin Bureau in an old tradition coloured eggs redistributed to the first traveler of Spring when the ice melts from wait Berlin Waterways and the big passenger Cruiser return to the landings along the Havel River. The innkeepers at rach pier carry baskets of Bright egg Down to Greet the first boat to arrive after Tho Frozen egg symbolizes the reawakening of life after the hiatus of Winter. We the egg trips Are Over and the motor launches Are making their scheduled runs once it Aln with German timetable precision. The a Piton adds a new Dimen Sion to West Berlin s Public transportation system. It also provide Sweet Breezy journeys at Small Cost for lovers of nature and for just lovers. The motor ships leave and depart from More than dozen docks every few Man uts during the weekends and Busy week Day hours. One can ride All the Way from Albrechl tech Ofin. A station near the american checkpoint Bravo on the Auto Bahn entering the City from Malmstedt to Tecl Lake a matter of 10 Miles or More. Prices Range from 7h cents Tor t Short journey to 60 cents for a length cruise. The vessels Are usually named for the districts of Berlin Dehlendorf. Tempel Hof and the like. Some of them Are quite new and modern. The Lech Tenfelde. For example. Was built in i960 for the Stern and lines. It will carry unto 500 persons in modern Comfort. A trip on the Lech Tenfelde from Klado to Peacock Island takes less than is Man utes and passengers have the Choice of sitting on a Sun deck Curling up in the Stern lounge or finding a place in a Large Tum enclosed area. There is a restaurant and Coffee bar aboard but on pretty Days most of the passengers prefer to tit outside so the1 an watch passing sailboats study the panoramic View and feel the fresh wind. Ship hav of fun ten decks Stern lounge Glass enclosed decks and even re it a u rants and bars. A a
