Group-Analytic Contexts, Issue 76, June 2017

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“Hiking not Biking” – Draft Route Plan
General comments:
• The hiking option offers the opportunity to pause, explore, reflect
en route. In order to build in time for this the suggested walks are
not in excess of 15 kms.
• On days I and 2 we will need to allow travel time between the
walk and the hotel where the median group will take place. Of the
hikers, I think some have booked in to the hotels on the biking
route and others are staying in the city. As far as is possible I have
built in the necessary transport links for everyone to connect with
the start points of walks and for the “city dwellers” to return to
their accommodation;
• Day 2 has the shortest walk time but potentially the longer travel
time to the hotel in Spandau;
• We will eat lunch together at a suitable spot en route – some
suggestions for the location of this are included;
• In relation to any of the material here please feel free to send back
any comments/feedback. All the routes are taken from the
Michael Cramer book “Berlin Wall Trail”.
Pre-hike Median Group
For those who are in Berlin sufficiently early on Friday, 11th there
will be a gathering of both hikers and bikers in Myers Hotel (Metzer
Str. 26). Time for this group will be confirmed and it would be good
to know who will be going.
Day 1: Saturday, August 12th
i) Potsdamer Platz to Warschauer Str: This includes wall segments,
the “topography of terror” (centre of SS power including the “house
prison” of the Gestapo), Checkpoint Charlie and Open-Air
Exhibition/Wall Museum) Distance: 8 kms
ii) S-bahn from Warschaurer Str. to Lichterfelde-Süd (S7 to
Friedrichstrasse and S25 Friedrichstrasse to Lichterfelde Sud) - lunch
at “Teltow Gallery”
iii) To Pentahotel Potsdam along the Teltow Canal Distance: 6 Kms
approx
iv) Median group
v) Following group those staying in the city can return via Teltow or
Wannsee S-bahn stations