Gasthaus Dietrich Herz
Travel Blogs from Berlin
World War II History
... such for some 25 years until its restoration. Another magnificent example of German architecture. A trip to Europe's second largest department store (after Harrods) is KaDeWe. A mix of David Jones, Myer and the greatest food hall ever seen (by us). We have a great lunch there eating at our selected deli, we choose salmon quiche, turkey rolls, tea and danish. A memorable lunch and interesting browse amongst all the top label ...
Berlin zoo!
... we found the Gedachtniskirche, which is a famous bombed out church. Unfortunately they're doing some renovations so most of it was covered. We ended our day with a cold, rainy walk back to the hotel. Now, Pat is enjoying a German bier out of his new souvenir mug and watching the Italy vs. England game while I post the multitude of pictures I took ...
Berlin is poor but sexy?
... trees and bamboo chairs. It was a tropical paradise in the middle of Berlin. So, we got caught up there for another 2 hours... We did finally make it back to the hotel and promptly passed out until the morning. The next morning, we all just woke up late and bummed around the city until the train at 11:30am. We got so much done the day before, it was well worth the rest. The train ride home was pleasant only 7 hours compared to the 14 hours on the way to Berlin... how ...
Berlin
... was unfortunately under renovation and completely covered by scaffolding, so we couldn't see the exterior, but the interior was still really neat. The ceiling had a beautiful mosaic throughout the remaining part of the church. I've included pictures of what it looked like before and after the war. There is a new, modern church built behind the old one, which had really pretty stained glass wrapping around the whole church.
We passed by the Kaufhaus des ...
Touring and Clubbing in Berlin
... about an hour and fifteen minutes away. Additionally, we had to find something to eat before our next tour. We checked the prices of the food places on the street that the Brandenburg Tor is on, but being one of the major tourist streets of the city, they were extremely high. We decided to try taking some side streets in hope that they would be a little cheaper. Unfortunately, the first street we tried was home to the most expensive ...