This was the most fun. No excursion escorting duties, just Liz, me, a train, a bus, and all the fun highlights of this storied European capital. There is quite a lot of construction going on in Berlin. The city is not as expensive as other European capitals (yet, anyway), and is geographically as large as NYC, but not as populated, so there feels like lots of elbow room. Except by Brandenburg Gate...that's pretty crowded.
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| Segment of the Berlin Wall (near Checkpoint Charlie) |
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| Germans acting as GIs, Checkpoint Charlie |
The thing to do at Checkpoint Charlie is get your passport stamped by six sovereign nations, and then get your picture made with the "GIs." I hate getting my picture made, so I just got my passport stamped. After Checkpoint Charlie, Liz and I found a hop on/hop off bus and made our way to the other well-known sights in Berlin.
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| The Reichstag |
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| Brandenburg Gate |
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| Intact piece of the Berlin Wall |
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| Hop on/hop off upper deck |
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| Along the Spree River, Berlin |
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| Old Berlin City Wall (not the east/west divider) |
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| Spree River, Berlin |
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| Street near Checkpoint Charlie |
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| Details on the dome |
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| French Cathedral and Theater, Berlin |
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| Hefe Hell with lunch |
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| The Reichstag, imposing its will on the tourists |
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| S-Bahn |
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| Train back to Warnemunde |
Definitely want to go back to Berlin. Lots of museums to see, and the concentration camp at Sachsenhausen is supposed to be worth a trip, so one day just wasn't enough time. Still, though...I loved hanging with my girl, Liz, and discovering a grocery store in which to buy beer and chocolate, and then enjoying very nice hot chocolate in the second floor cafe at Fassbender and Rausch. Fun.
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