The first time I saw Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor) was on our way to a conference dinner over in East Berlin. We drove by it. It was all lit up, and quite pretty. Over the next couple of days in Berlin, I got to see a couple more times, this time walking by it and under it. I learned about it while taking a walking tour of Berlin, most...

We arrived in Berlin about an hour late. I had never set foot in Germany, so I was excited. Since I did not have my usual window seat I got a better view of the guy's head that sat next to me than the scenery, but I could see a little of the landscape as we came in. It looked pretty cool. I have to say I was quite impressed by the airport. W...

Well, we woke up at 3 am, got up at 4:30 after unsuccessfully trying to go back to sleep. We had a great breakfast at the hotel restaurant (Intercontinental Berlin). It was a buffet, of course. The scrambled eggs were delicious, not that horrible creamed eggs the British and French do. The bacon was good, as well as really good Black Forest ham...

After breakfast at the hotel, DH headed over to the conference, and I got ready for the day. I had to meet him a little later at the conference because I had to take some pictures during his talk. After he was done, we headed over to KaDeWe for lunch and shopping. KaDeWe is amazing; it's the largest department store in continental Europe. Harrod...

Today we got up early, had breakfast, and walked over to the train station area where we met up with the tour group. We took the 4-hr Famous Walk: Hidden Berlin & ALL Main Sites walking tour by Insider Tours. Scott was our tour guide. He is originally from Michigan, but has lived in Berlin for seven years. He was a wealth of knowledge and did a ...