Sightseeing - Berlin (lots of pictures)

Some of you have seen lots of Germany, while others are still looking forward to their first trip.  Today I thought I'd show a few pictures of Berlin - kinda to whet your appetite.

 Spree River above and below. 

 Siegessäule - Victory column commemorates 3 wars before WW1 and has gilded cannons from each of the defeated armies!

 Der famous Tiergarten - zoo

 Kaiser Wilhelm Rememberance Church, where the old bombed out spire was left while the new was built right beside it.  The blue windows bring a wonderful peacefulness to the new chapel.

 Checkpoint Charlie, where Canadian and U.S. citizens like us crossed the Wall from 1961-1989.

 Berlin is filled with amazing, huge, beautiful buildings

 Memorial to the Jewish holocaust

 Bundestag, government building from the back.

We spent an entire day in the Pergamon museum with ancient artifacts.

more art and history museums...

 largest protestant church - we liked the banner

 Brandenburg Gate

 These last three are all from a few minutes walk from our airbnb apartment.  The Wall went right along our street, Bernauer Straße and now Wall parts remain and other places are memorials.

Part of the Wall has been offered to international artists -