The first task was to get everyone about of bed....
The weather looked a bit dubious for tourism early this morning but in general the weather improved and was 'scattered clouds' most of the day. There was one period when it rained hard for about one minute when we were on the top (sun) deck of a boat. By the time almost everyone (Bridget and mum stayed put) moved downstairs in the covered cabin, the sun came back out again!
Brandenburg Gate ...not forgetting Berlin Dom (Cathedral)
One of the first stops was Checkpoint Charlie...
There should be many pictures loaded here. Among them you can spot the Holocaust memorial (2711 granite blocks of different heights arranged in a pattern to make it look like waves when viewed from above). It is a great place for kids to play hide and seek and there were more than a few kids there today, if you know what I mean!
Holocaust memorial with the Reistag in the background.
We also saw some of the original Berlin Wall, kept as a memento, with a good question asked and another with the Berlin wall but also showing part of the derelict, but being restored SS 'facilities' adjacent but below the wall.
Here also is a picture of Berlin's 1 billion Euro glass covered train (DB = Deutsch Bahn = German railway) station from the inside (but spot the glass dome of the Riestag on the outside!) and outside, as well as one where we are about to board a regional train. Regional trains (designated RE) are red, suburban trains (designated S) are red/yellow and underground trains (designated U) are yellow. We rode on all three modes of transport today as well as in the car, on a bus, escalators, lifts and foot power.
Another photo here is of Alexander Platz television tower. This was built by the East Germans in the age of communism but it became something of an embarrassment to them as when the sun
came out, the globe in the tower reflected a very bright cross!
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