In the Spreewald Forest Delta southeast of Berlin, postal worker Andrea Bunar has returned to delivering mail by barge as spring opens the waterways. After months of winter rounds by car, the 55-year-old is back steering through narrow rivers and creeks around Lehde.
The village, about 100 kilometres from Berlin, is the only place in Germany where post still arrives by boat. Bunar has worked the route for 14 years, carrying around 600 letters and 80 parcels each week along an eight-kilometre circuit.
