Our very own walking tour

Holocaust Memorial

Monument to the Murdered Jews

There are 1,000 concrete blocks laid out in a wave like pattern.

The symbolism of the blocks are up to individual interpretation.

It really is quite moving.

I think it is hard to capture the true feeling unless you see it in person.

When you walk through the blocks, it is like a maze.  You can get lost very easily, and you soon discover that you are hidden because the height of the blocks tower over you.

 

There are over 500 memorials throughout 

devoted to other groups murdered in the Holocaust

Inside the Holocaust Memorial

Bebelplatz

Home of State Opera House, St. Hedwig's Catholic Cathedral, and Library

Most known for National Book Burning in 1933

20,000 books by Communists, Jews & Pacifists were burned

Memorial in the ground - 

look through a window to see empty bookshelves

Outdoor book fair held everyday (rain or shine) across at 

Humboldt University as a tribute to those whose books were burned

TV Tower - put up by the Soviets to demonstrate strength of the Communist party....funny they had to bring in the Swedes to help put it up

Alexander Platz

Don't have better pictures 

because it started raining on us again

Stopped at a street fair - which are everywhere ALL the time, so FUN - 

and picked up this little contraption - a head massager

Ben's Favorite part of the day ;)

The Reichstag - German Parliament

It is said the burning of this building in 1933 

helped lead to the uprising of Hitler.

Glass dome on top of the building - which is the reason for the line - 

gives a nice view of part of the city and it looks down into meeting rooms.

  

Checkpoint Charlie

obviously a replica, but this is the exact location

Building next to Checkpoint Charlie

Top floor was used by the CIA 

to spy across the wall, 

and on the opposite side of the street 

the Soviet KGB 

were doing the same thing 

on the top floor of a building that no longer exists.

Ferrari - who wouldn't want a $250,000 car??

Enjoying Ben's last day in Berlin

Most famous hotel in Berlin...

think Michael Jackson, baby out the window

Located right next to Brandenburg Gate