Berlin, Germany

Berlin, Germany

It took three hours on bus each way from the port to Berlin but it was worth it.
We really enjoyed exploring the old Cold War history hot spots: the restored Reichstag Building, the Berlin Cathedral, the Brandenburg Gate, the Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall, the Holocaust Memorial, the Charlottenburg Castle…

Welcome to Warnemunde

The German beauties

Transporting 4 kids

Spree River

Victory Column commemorates the Prussian victory in the Danish-Prussian War

Charlottenburg Castle, a splendid 17th-century baroque palace

Top of Charlottenburg Castle

Charlottenburg Castle

The historical landmark Reichstag Building with its magnificent glass dome is the home of the German Parliament

The Brandenburg Gate was used to represent the separation between East and West Berlin

At the Brandenburg Gate, on the East Berlin side

The hotel where Michael Jackson dangling the baby

The Holocaust Memorial is a poignant and powerful monument features 2,711 concrete slabs, also known as The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe

standing on the former site of Hitler's Bunker, now just a parking lot

The Berlin Cathedral served as the mausoleum for Prussia’s kings

The Altes Museum

Checkpoint Charlie is the famous Berlin Wall crossing point. If you stand on the East side you will see the picture of an American soldier.

If you stand on the West side you will see the picture of an East German soldier

Checkpoint Charlie from 2nd floor of a Mac Donald Restaurant!

The Berlin Wall

The last remaining pieces of the Berlin Wall, erected by the communist East Germany to prevent its citizens from fleeing to the democratic West.

The former Gestapo headquarter. The exhibition area is where the torture chambers were