Thursday, 18 September 2014

Wednesday 17 September






Inside the Reichstag....we were the first group allowed in this morning....awesome place...such history.




Just down the road is the Holocaust memorial....underneath the memorial is the information centre....both were rewarding experiences. 




Still in the same area of Berlin is the Tiergarten and as the weather was just perfect , we hired a couple of bikes and spent a couple of hours riding around the park.  Again the trees were so impressive....




From the Tiergarten we walked up Unter  Den Linden to Museumsinsel...as we did yesterday....but today it was earlier and the sky was a much brighter blue. I thought the Dom looked completely different in the bright sunshine. We decided to go inside, thought we were just paying to see the inside of the church but we were allowed to climb to the top (base of the Dome). the views were amazing.




The view in one direction from the top of Berliner Dom...the River Spree and   left is the Alte Nationalgalerie.




Ample men...the East German pedestrian traffic light symbol....so Berlin!




Our final night in Berlin....we walked up the road and had dinner at a delightful French restaurant opposite the above church. It was warm enough to sit outside ....there were lots of people still out and about...the food was delicious....a lovely evening.