Berlin Trip

Hi everyone, sorry I know it's been a while since I last updated our blog. My steam is slowly running out. Anyway, Garry and I are now back in London after our long trips to Egypt, Jordan, US and Canada. Before we left for Egypt, Garry took me to Berlin for a short trip to celebrate the end of my work contract and the start of unemployment for 2 months or so!! We are now feeling the pain in our pockets (hehehe).

Day 1 in Berlin (17 Nov 2007) - We walked around Alexander Platz and took Bus no. 100 around berlin. It was a good bus route cause it took us to many sights. Saw the iconic Bradenburg Gate lit up at night and visited the Kaiser-Wilheim Memorial church which was bombed in the war but was still left with a beautiful Byzantine mosaic ceiling.



Day 2 in Berlin (18 Nov 2007) - Highlights on the second day were Checkpoint Charlie (previously the border control point between East and West Berlin) and walking the historical mile where the wall used to stand. We saw remnants of the Berlin Wall, the Potsdamer Platz (previously no man's land when the wall was still up), the Jewish Memorial, the Topography of Terrors (an exhibition of the Holocaust at the location where the Nazis used to operate ), and the East Side Gallery (one of the last remaining stretches of the wall decorated with street art).



Day 3 in Berlin (19 Nov 2007) - We visited the Reichstag (German Parliment) with an amazingly modern glass cupola, which we climbed to get a panoramic view of Berlin. We also visited a museum called "The Story of Berlin" showing the history of Berlin and a real nuclear shelter built after WWII (a completely sealed off underground town) to protect the citizens against another world war.