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Location

It seems to be on the footwalk of Motzstraße, near the corner with Martin-Luther-Straße. Possible underground geohash!

Participants

HiroProtagonist
relet
davidc and drag-along Lisa
lyx

Plans

I would love to go there tomorrow, either in the morning or in the late afternoon. Anybody else coming? --HiroProtagonist 13:56, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

I would be heading for the official saturday meetup time at 4pm. :) -- relet 13:59, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Meh, I can't go at 4pm :( I will either be there beteen 12 and 1pm, or between 6pm and 7pm. So who ever goes first, leaves a hashtag? :D --HiroProtagonist 14:12, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

I'll be knackered from my trip, 4pm or 6pm are preferable for me. --davidc 14:48, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

How about 6pm for you, relet? If it's only the three of us anyway, I would be glad if we could move it to that time. --HiroProtagonist 15:50, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Sure. I'm happy with any time. :) -- relet 18:16, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

It also seems to be right in front of a "pub" of sorts. And the Green Door is around the corner, that's always worth a visit. :D -- relet 18:26, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

So we fix 6pm and go for an underground + pub geohash? :D --HiroProtagonist 18:34, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

To get as close to the hash as possible while using the tube, you would have to sit on the north side of the train, and probably try both driving directions. Although I'm almost sure the GPS won't work. Who can get his hands on an inertial navigation system? ;) -- Trurl 19:40, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Yup, north side would be going from Nollendorfplatz to Viktoria-Luise. We should actually be able to confirm that the train runs directly under the street, and the tunnel width and distance is about the width of the street. Would that suffice? Let's do this anyway and work on the theoretical proof afterwards. -- relet 20:27, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

relet and I could go at 4pm and faff around with this for a while and/or drink in that pub, then meet Hiro at 6? I will hopefully have a drag-along too. --davidc 23:35, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

I'd rather we all meet at the same time. Also, I am considering to walk - and taking into account my current level of slack, 6pm sounds like the nicer prospect. -- relet 10:17, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

6pm it is then. --davidc 11:22, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Expedition

Tracklog

http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=385598 (incomplete)

Videos

Video showing us switching to the northern track.

Photos

Minute 03 - Typical Berlin architecture.
Minute 13 - Moabit Penitentiary
Minute 23 - Bellevue Castle, residence of the Federal President
Minute 33 - Victory Column, from the wrong side
Minute 43 - A bridge over the river Spree
Minute 53 - Urania conference hall and event center
Arrival at La Luna, across the street from the hash
It was a pub-zzeria
Locating La Luna
Coordinates Reached, over ground
Coordinates Reached, over ground
Five for a stupid grin (and half a hashcot)
Viktoria-Luise-Platz underground station, and a very close raindrop hiding lyx
Waiting for the train that eventually came
Buying tickets for relet
Others became curious about the train that eventually came
Departing at Nollendorfplatz, on the wrong platform of the station (south side)
Peering into the tunnel
No longer the shortest underground line in Berlin (they built one for our chancellatrice)
Watching the wall coming closer
Arriving Viktoria-Luise-Platz on the right side of the station (north side)
relet's tickets