Berlin

This last weekend we rented a car and drove to Prague and Berlin with McCord and Lisa. After getting lost several times, driving at 120 mph on the autobahn, and six hours on the road, we had a lot of fun and really enjoyed these two cities. Berlin is a city with a lot of amazing history and we really enjoyed learning more about it and standing in such historic spots. Here are a few pictures.

The picture above on the top is of an old Prussian cathedral. Unfortunately, we don't know much about it because we couldn't understand a word of what our tour guide was saying. His accent was so thick that it didn't sound like English. The picture just above is of us in front of what is left of the wall.

On the top is the very small stretch of the wall that is still standing. Just above, we are standing in front of an old church.

Of course, nearly the whole wall no longer exists. Therefore, Berlin has put a small coblestone line around the city to indicate where the wall used to stand, as you can see in the picture on the top. The one just above is the Berlin victory column.

This is the building where the German president lives. The German president has very little power in the government and is more of a face for the government. The German chancellor is the one with the power who is more like the US president.

This bridge connects East Berlin to West Berlin. It was built as a symbol after the wall came down.

This is the German chancelor, Angela Merket's, building. Again, her duties are more like those of the American president.

Above is the capital building of Germany.

The famous Brandenburg gate. This has been a site of many political uprisings. Berliners demanded their freedom from the Prussian empire here, Nazis had large meetings, and now it is a symbol of freedom.

This memorial in both the pictures above and below was built somewhat recently, by a New York architect, to remember the the murdered Jews of Europe. It is a really neat memorial that takes up a full city block.