Europe-Berlin 10-13-09

After a day’s train ride we ended up in Berlin. On Sunday Morning, we took the train to the Protestant Memorial Church of Berlin. This church was partially destroyed during World War II and now stands as a war memorial. What a depressing memory for that generation. We then took off to the East Side Gallery which is the last remaining piece of the original Berlin wall. There are several pictures on the wall that depict images of freedom. We went to “Unter den Linden” to the Brandenburg Gate which is a symbol of the uniting of East and West Germany. After this, we went to Museums Island and Berliner Dom at Hackescher Market. We stopped at one of the museums, but did not go in. We went to Berliner Don – a big cathedral, but did not go in. We walked through the street markets and bought lunch; some kind of sausage with mustard.

Later, we took off to the Sony center. Most stores were closed, including the Sony store, but the center itself was open. The center has some kind of fancy dome which was modeled after Mount Fuji. Back on the train to visit the Reichstag (German Parliament). We waited in line for an hour as we watched people continue to cut in front of us. The line was to go to the top of the building to their glass dome. Cool! Really – it was freezing cold!