Berlin, Germany

Reichstag -- German parliament

Berliner Dom

Brandenburg Gate

Ceceilienhof -- site of the Potsdam conference where the British, American and Soviet leaders met to discuss what to do with Germany at the end of WWII. They eventually decided to break the country up into sectors which would be governed by their respective countries. Berlin was also divided up, and eventually it was the Soviets who put up the wall to separate East Germany/Berlin from the West.

Sanssouci palace

Ceceilienhof again

sanssouci again

Terror museum... the wall you can see is a remaining section of the Berlin Wall

Berlin, Germany
After I got off the ship in Hamburg, I stayed at a hotel for the night and took the train to Berlin in the morning. I spent the day walking around -- saw the Reichstag, Brandenburg Gate, etc. Before heading to Uncle Derek's friend Detlef's house.
Detlef and his wife Conny were awesome, inviting me to eat sausages and beer for dinner with them and Detlef took me to Potsdam which is about half an hour by car from their house -- and the site of the Potsdam conference where the heads of the victorious countries in WWII met to discuss how to divide Germany up. (I had to get a historical tidbit on there somewhere!)
today, I left Detlef & Conny's and went on a tour of a bomb shelter which was actually very large... Before heading to my next museum (about life in the former East Germany)... I was looking for lunch and stumbled upon a Czech Beer Festival... What's a girl to do but order a beer and plate of goulash?
Loving Germany so far... Will be heading to meet up with the Dobos' in Budapest Sunday!
Hope everyone back home is well... Perhaps show some sign of life since no one ever comments... Except my mom...