Monday, September 26, 2011

Monday the 26th - Berlin


Hi Everyone!

Today we started out with a brief excursion across town on the S-Bahn to Alexanderplatz to get some of those AlexanderPlatz Balls (doughnut holes) that Linda likes. From there we walked across town past a couple of great sites like the Hackescher Market and the Neue Synagoge which is a beautiful building (and also hard to figure out when it will be open for tours).

Hackescher Market

Hackescher Market

Neue Synagoge
We made our way across the river and stopped in our first museum stop of the day, the Deutsches Historisches Museum. This museum covers the history of the German people from prehistory to after the Reunification. It turns out this was our only museum stop of the day.We went in at about 10:00, and didn't finish until about 4:30 in the afternoon. It was totaly fascinating and a a lot of things to look at. If you stopped to really look at everything, you could not finish in a day.

Deutsches Historisches Museum 
Deutsches Historisches Museum

Deutsches Historisches Museum
Deutsches Historisches Museum
After the museum we decided to go for a boat ride on the Spree. It was a terrific day to do the ride. Nice weather, no clouds, and as the sun is getting ready to go down. It was a nice way to end the day.

Boat Ride on the Spree 
Boat Ride on the Spree 
We caught a double decker city bus back to our Hotel, so we got a great city tour on the way back to our hotel as the city lights were coming one.

We hope you are all doing well.


Stephen and Linda

4 comments:

  1. Now THIS is my kind of museum. Would love to check it out sometime. And the boat ride would be an added pleasure. . . of that I have no doubt!

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  2. I just can't believe the weather you guys have been having. Such beautiful skies!!!

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  3. We can't believe the weather either. 8 days, one rain shower, and the rest sunny skies. Hope we get weather this good in Rome!

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  4. It is a great museum, and so much to see. It is real interesting to hear the history you know, told from a different point of view.

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