It's quite common on the mainland of Europe for buses to wear flags to celebrate special days and holidays but in Britain even though the larger shops are now open it is another good reason to give the road back to the motorcar and the rest can either walk or remain housebound and fed-up. In Berlin there is a reduced service on holidays, perhaps every half hour instead of every twenty for instance but one can still get about on BVG buses till quite late at night. Sadly this type of MAN double-decker will be all but gone by now which is a pity as they were definitely a favourite.
..but isn´t all bad! Those MAN (just like the older ones) are now spread all over around Europe, working now as open top double deckers for tourist lines. One of the latest places is Lisbon, with for of them.
ReplyDelete...and i just love that AEG destination blind!
ReplyDeleteYou are right, all is not lost, but I will miss riding around Berlin on them. Sometimes I will take a long ride just to travel on my favourites like these.
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