We take (in) Berlin

Brandenburg Gate

Old architecture, palaces and Cathedrals everywhere in amongst a huge amount of construction work

This square had a Cathedral at each end - we went up to the dome of one, the French Cathedral

looking down

these are the bells that were up there, they didn't toll, they played a tune

Berlin Cathedral

Guy selling hot dogs

me at the wall

we may eat at Subway but look at the view!

Malcolm at the wall

A  shame the artwork is tagged

We took the train to Berlin and walked around for more than 6 hrs!  We did a walking tour that was outlined in the Michelin guide - it takes in all the main sites, starting at the Brandenburg Gate.  We walked 'under the linden' around all the old squares and past all the magnificent buildings.  we only went in one museum, one about life in East Germany during the cold war.  This was very interesting but also very crowded.  We went out to see the wall in the afternoon.  One side was painted by artists from lots of countries, the other side was lots of tagging and people writing their names and where they're from.  it was a shame some of the great artwork on the one side was also a bit tagged and graffitied.

We took the train back to near where we were staying which was near a big lake and we had cold drinks there.  Then we got on the bus back to the camp site and had drinks there too.  It had been quite hot, maybe 24-25ish but that's hot enough with all the walking.  Well that was Berlin - better the I remembered from the 70's but as capital cities go I prefer Paris and Stockholm.