Kettler Pension
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Museum Island, Berlin
Our last day in Berlin, our last day of the trip. Tomorrow we will be homeward bound.
We enjoyed our last time to sleep late and then spent most of the day on Museum Island visiting museums. Before going, we went shopping at the Ampelmann shop. The ampelmannchen are the graphics used on the streetlights for Walk and Don't Walk in what used to be East ...
Not There Yet
... looking building resembled a shell fish. Ten minutes later, we arrive at the grand Reichstag. A building that actually looks like it belongs in a European city. A quick right turn and you're at the magnificent Brandenburg Gate. A sort of centerpiece for this huge city. By now, the heat, humidity and jet lag was taking its toll on us but we pressed on. We walked a few blocks on Unter Den Linden, checking out some air conditioned shoppes. By then ...
Dinner for One and fun for a million
... through the tightest crush and into an area where there was enough space to turn around without knocking three other people over just in time to see Kim Wilde performing "Kids in America". Oh the memories. There was so much on the programme that there was only time for two songs from each performer, but the biggest roar of approval was reserved for veteran German rockers The Scorpions.
I'll be honest, I've heard of them but I don't know a single song that ...
Berrrrrrrrrrr-lin
... At the intersection there is a decent open air exhibition explaining a host of things about the Cold War with a particular emphasis on the symbolic "Berlin Wall". Wanting more information however we decided to go into the Check Point Charlie Museum which has a large display focusing mainly on escape attempts from the East. Our favourite successful escapes included using a home made hot ...
Walking Tour of Berlin
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My feet were absolutely killing me by the end of the tour because my shoes do not agree with me. I had a big blister on the ball of my foot that made it so I couldn't walk without being in pain, so after eating lunch (a restaurant with fajitas- closest thing Heidi has had to Tex-Mex since she left!) I went back to the hotel to get off my feet!
In the evening, we walked to the Jewish Museum, which was really great! Sad, but very very informative. The architecture ...
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