The Berlin U.S. Military Veterans Association Berlin 2006 Reunion
was held from August 6, 2006 to August 14, 2006
at the Best Western Hotel Steglitz International.

The first paticipants arrived at the hotel

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12:00 to 17:00 Registration and BUSMVA Information desk
12:00 to 17:00 Berlin Information desk

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10:00 to 16:00 Registration and BUSMVA Information desk
10:00 to 16:00 Berlin Information desk

18:30 Opening night buffet Dinner at the hotel Restaurant
Welcome by VP Tom Hartney, orientation of the activities by Dave Sealock

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09:00 - 12:00 West Berlin Bus Tour.
It is a general overview of of old West Berlin:

- Tempelhof Central Airport
- Checkpoint Charlie
- Potsdamer Platz
- Brandenburg Gate
- Russian War Memorial
- Bundestag
- Schloss Bellevue (Home of the German President)
- Grosser Stern (Siegessaeule and Tiergarten Park)
- Kaiser Wilhelm Church
- the Ku´damm
- Clayallee
- Allied Museum
- Dreilinden (Checkpoint Bravo)
- Parks Range
- the Grunewald
- Turner Barracks
- Dahlem Dorf

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09:00 - 13:00 East Berlin Tour.
It is a general overview of Berlin City Center:

- Potsdamer Strasse (Schoeneberg)
- Berlin Air Safety Center (Schoeneberg)
- Friedrichstrasse
- Unter den Linden
- Zeughaus (Arsenal), now: Deutsches Historisches Museum
- former Soviet and Stasi buildings
- Neue Wache (New Watch)
- Museum Island / Museumsinsel
- Berliner Dom (Cathedral)
- Schlossplatz (GDR legislature building)
- Congress Hall
- Fernsehturm (Television Tower)
- Alexanderplatz
- Prenzlauer Berg
- Stasi HQ
- Tierpark
- Museum Karlshorst (Old Soviet HQ)
- KGB HQ
- Treptower Park (Soviet Memorial)
- East Side Gallery

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Personal Tours

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Picnic at Mc Nair Barracks.

The shuttle service started at the hotel at 12:00

Busses traveled by
- Andrews Barracks
- Rossevelt Barracks
- 279th Station Hospital
- Mc Nair Barracks, Clock Tower, Starlight Club

Lunch at 13:00 (Currywurst, Bratwurst, Pork Steak, etc.)

- Visit of the Mc Nair Museum

15:00 -17:00 shuttle busses back to the hotel

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13:00 - 15:00 BUSMVA business meeting

15:00 - 16:30 organizational briefing for the Add-on tour

18:30 Farewell plated dinner in the hotel restaurant

19:30 Comments by VP Tom Hartney

20:00 - 23:00 Music by a DJ

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08:00 Departure of the three busses for the Add-on tour

11:30 and 11:50 Departure of the shuttle busses to visit the Allied Museum

13:00 - 14:00 Ceremonies commemorating the 45th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall

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