Sunday stroll, east of the pond

Not wanting to spend an afternoon in the apartment, after church today I headed off to explore another piece of Berlin I had not yet visited.

I took the 'S' Bahn train up to Halemweg station and took a short walk up to Volkspark Jungfernheide in the west of the city. It seems similar to the much more popular (i.e. busy) Tiergarten park in central Berlin but by being in the burbs is much quieter. The park has lots of tree lined paths, criss-crossing in all directions, some large grassy BBQ areas and more....

The sky was overcast with some occasional very light misty rain but it was dry enough to sit on a tree stump overlooking the lake and a deserted beach opposite despite being mid-August. In between eating my sandwiches I threw pieces of bread into the lake to watch shoals of small (3-4") fish go crazy over them, flashing their silver bellies as they fought over the bread! They frequently jumped an inch or two out of the water, presumably to catch the mosquitoes that were also at lunch, feeding on me!

Strolling through the park I stumbled on a football game that I watched for about half an hour before coming across these very nice carvings etc......





























On the way out of the park I also came across a water tower...

Then I eventually made my way down to the Zoo S Bahn station to pick up my Sunday Daily Express with the football results and reports in. Speaking of that, I have some reading to do....