Sightseeing In Berlin
Monday - August 2nd 2010
Our hotel package included a wonderful breakfast buffet which offered coffee, tea, cheese, all kind of eggs, fruits and cereals. The restaurant even prepared something special, like grilled vegetables, for Claudia.
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| Breakfast |
Afterwards we walked through the city and visited
Checkpoint Charlie, the famous crossing point between East and West Berlin during the Cold War.
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| Checkpoint Charlie |
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| Checkpoint Charlie |
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| Checkpoint Charlie |
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| Checkpoint Charlie |
Then we decided to see the
Jewish Museum of Berlin. It was okay, but after being to the one in Prague, too, it was nothing new. The exhibition was interesting, but we didn't spend too much time there.
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| Jewish Museum |
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| Jewish Museum |
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| Jewish Museum |
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| Jewish Museum |
Around noon we had lunch at the
Yellow Sunshine Bistro, a vegetarian restaurant that serves burgers and fries. The portions were huge and the food was really good.
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| Yellow Sunshine Bistro |
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| Veggie Burger with Fries |
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| Dessert |
Afterwards we were on our way to the famous department store
KaDeWe - Kaufhaus Des Westens (Department Store of the West). It's currently the second largest department store in Europe, behind Harrods in London. There we bought some American products which aren't available at home.
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| KaDeWe |
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| KaDeWe - Kaufhaus des Westens |
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| KaDeWe - Kaufhaus des Westens |
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| KaDeWe - Kaufhaus des Westens |
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| KaDeWe - Kaufhaus des Westens |
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| KaDeWe - Kaufhaus des Westens |
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| Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church |
Near the KaDeWe department store was the
Hard Rock Cafe and of course we had to go there. We had a wonderful cold Berliner Pilsner beer and enjoyed our time there.
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| Hard Rock Cafe Berlin |
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| Berliner Pilsner |
We returned to our hotel and dropped off all our shopping stuff and got ready for the evening. Dinner was at a Thai restaurant near the Brandenburg Gate. We shared spring solls as a starter and then I ordered Baked Vegetables, while Claudia opted for a Thai Curry. Both dishes were very good.
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| Spring Rolls |
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| Baked Vegetables |
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| Thai Curry |
We spent the rest of the evening at the Brandenburg Gate and at the Parliament, because we wanted to go on top of the Reichstag. The building features a glass dome from where you have a great view over Berlin. Unfortunately the line was so long that it wasn't possible for us to go up before the building closed its doors. So we took some pictures and walked back to our hotel and enjoyed a cocktail at the hotel bar
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| Brandenburg Gate |
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| Reichstag |
