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Museum Island, Berlin
... unification, they were removed. However, the people had such a strong response and preference for the old style that the city put them back up. The ampelmann style is much cuter than the newer style.
We visited the Altes Museum, the Neues Museum, and the Pergamon Museum. All had amazing collections of ancient works, but my favorite by far was the ...
Not There Yet
... so exhausted, we headed back home to rest for a while before heading out for the evening.
After a much needed soak in our hot tub. I almost forgot to mention the jacuzzi tub in the apartment! We headed out for a ritual of our that we made up. In Iceland, we had scheduled pilsur time. In Spain, it was siesta and churros at midnight. Italy it was 5:00 gelato time. You get the idea. Well, here in Germany, it was 5:00 coffee and cake time. ...
Dinner for One and fun for a million
... The queues for the gluhwein went down a bit whilst they were on though and the locals seemed to be enjoying it and after all, it's their party.
There was a big countdown to midnight and to our surprise the fireworks display that we had expected would be focussed on the Brandenberg Gate was actually off to one side and we had a more or less uninterrupted view of it. There were also a few fireworks near the gate but the main display was excellent and a fitting start to ...
Berrrrrrrrrrr-lin
... hiding in two joined suitcases and of course using a one man submarine. Unfortunately not all escape attempts were successful and many ended with desparate East Germans being shot by the ruthless Soviet guards. The museum also had an interesting exhibition about the fall of the Berlin Wall and the role former US Presidents Ronald Reagan and John F Kennedy played in bringing it down. From here we braved ...
Walking Tour of Berlin
... building is amazing too- it is a big zig zag basically. It has some great architectural elements- like special chambers and gardens that are supposed to be memorials or places of introspection. It was open until 10, so we stayed until they kicked us ouT!
For dinner, I tried the famous Berlin fast food- currywurst (pork sausage with ketchup & curry) from supposedly the best place in town, Curry 36. It wasn't that good, or at least it didn't live up to the hype for me. :( ...