I have spent a very education couple of days in Berlin. I learned a lot about Germany, how it was unified, what lead to WWI and WWII and post WWII life in Berlin. This city has an amazing history.
Most of the city is new, as an overwelming amount of building were lost in the battle of Berlin. The architecture over the past 50 years has been relatively drab. I expected this in East Berlin, but really both sides were not too different in architecture. The older buildings that survived are amazing. The Nazi army had also build a few remarkable buildings, but these were all destroyed by bombings, or were taken down by the Soviets after the war.
Some fantastice pictures from last night of a beautiful rainbow over Brandenburg Gate. Also went to the Reichstag (the German Parliament) as well as the Monument to the 6,000,000 Jews and the monument for the Gay persecution by the Nazi's. Both monuments were very thought provoking.
Today I went on a 4.5 hour walking tour. We hit all the main sites to see, lead by a very knowledgable Chicago native who has now lived in Berlin for 5 years.
I'm kind of tired, so I may write more later.
The pics:
http://www1.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=579291002/a=21881784_21881784/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=comcast2/
Most of the city is new, as an overwelming amount of building were lost in the battle of Berlin. The architecture over the past 50 years has been relatively drab. I expected this in East Berlin, but really both sides were not too different in architecture. The older buildings that survived are amazing. The Nazi army had also build a few remarkable buildings, but these were all destroyed by bombings, or were taken down by the Soviets after the war.
Some fantastice pictures from last night of a beautiful rainbow over Brandenburg Gate. Also went to the Reichstag (the German Parliament) as well as the Monument to the 6,000,000 Jews and the monument for the Gay persecution by the Nazi's. Both monuments were very thought provoking.
Today I went on a 4.5 hour walking tour. We hit all the main sites to see, lead by a very knowledgable Chicago native who has now lived in Berlin for 5 years.
I'm kind of tired, so I may write more later.
The pics:
http://www1.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=579291002/a=21881784_21881784/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=comcast2/
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