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Weather:
78 - Start with heavy rains in morning. City: Berlin Hotel: Grand Hyatt
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Transport: U2 and RE2 Train (29 Euro Land Pass for use within the State after 09:00 AM)
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for something different - Tropical Island. The quasi park of
water park, lodging, entertainment, and restaurant was a "cruise ship
on land" built inside an unused Blimp hanger. A defunct zeppelin
company (to move large construction equipment) had a new life as an
indoor tropical setting.
- Island
features included the World's largest indoor rain forest - with 1
kilometer walking trail. Beach area included sand and palm trees
with a "Truman Show" type painted blue sky background. Lodges
were interspersed within the complex with themes of Oriental,
Cambodian, Mexican, and naturally Tropical. Camping on beach sand was
also available.
- Dinner
was the Tropical Island Tamoor Indian restaurant - fresh and flavorable
curry accented the meal. Always relaxing to set down for a nice meal in
swimwear. An occasional bird would swoop by since the Island
included a variety of avian species.
- Hours
were 24/7 and if you stay past 03:00 AM, additional charge would be
added. All park charges were via RF chip wrist band - including
restaurants and therapies.
- Naturally,
the shuttle bus from the massive park to the train station was
perfectly timed. A little bit of history was the location of the
blimp hanger, or Tropical Island: On an abandoned Russian
airstrip
with multiple hangers embedded in the ground. (Doubt the MIG
pilots ever imagined a water park on their airstrip) Thus, the
brick
train station was somewhat decrepit; however, the actual platform was
new. Arrived late to the hotel.
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