A street in Scheunenviertel ( barn quarter) near our apartment....we were on our way to the Berlin Wall Memorial. I have been surprised and pleased to see so many trees. The Scheunenviertel was once the Jewish quarter, it has changed dramatically of course...damaged and decayed after WW 2 but now has been revived and is full of lively cafés and fashionable boutiques. There is still a lot of the old quarter remaining though...
A grey wall on a grey day....a wonderful memorial to visit, very informative and done in a thoughtful manner.
From the memorial we walked to Hackescher Hofe, Berlin's largest and most attractive group of restored commercial buildings....the whole area was a real treat to walk around...so different ...
After exploring many of the streets and sights in the Scheunenviertel area we walked home for lunch. This is the park next to our apartment block, it was such a still day and very overcast...so challenging to take a good photo!
In the afternoon we caught the train to the Brandenburg Gate....I always find it thrilling to be somewhere that I have seen in books and on television ...it is surreal...and I wasn't disappointed. The photo below is of one of the sculptured images in the walls of the gate.
We also visited the Reichstag and other parliamentary buildings nearby. We are going back for our visit to the Reichstag dome on Wednesday so I hope to have some better photos as the weather is predicted to be sunny.