One quick train ride from Hamburg and we were in Berlin. I really liked Berlin. It was fascinating and steeped in history.
Typical Euro hotel room for families with small children. Our room in Hamburg had a double sofa bed, we (kids) prefer the bunkbeds. Not always typical, the bathtub. I love baths, and I was so happy this hotel room had one (our apartment has 1.5 baths and no tub.) The King(ish) bed uses two small duvets and no flat sheet, very normal for these parts.
Those environmentally friendly Germans.
Chocolate muffins and eggs and bacon, fancy-style.
Checkpoint Charlie was a well known crossing point in the Berlin Wall between East and West Germany.
The Brandenburg Gate.
The Berlin Wall Monument. A piece of the Wall in situ.
It was very surreal to see all through the city markings of where the Wall had been.
Right beside this is the Topography of Terror. Built on the previous site of the Gestapo and main Reich Leadership Headquarters, the museum tells the history of Nazi German terror. The evil is chilling.
The Holocaust Memorial / Memorial to The Murdered Jews of Europe
The Memorial has an underground Exhibition detailing the persecution and murder of the approximately 6 million victims.
Our very German dinners. Currywurst, schnitzel and the German version of ham and cheese.
We walked in the huge Tiergarten. It is a massive green space with ponds, playgrounds, and monuments.
In the middle of Tiergarten is the Victory Column. It was built to commemorate a Prussian’s victory in the Prussian-Franco War. It is 67m tall.
The Soviet War Memorial remembers some 80,000 Soviet soldiers who lost their lives in 1945 fighting in the Battle of Berlin.
Birthday breakfast bagels. They do have bagels in Europe, but I find that they use them more as bread for a sandwich. It is crazy to them that we want only cream cheese on the bagels. No, we don’t want tomatoes. No, we do not want cucumbers. And, no- they do not toast them. I’ll take what I can get though.
Late one night, Andrew fell into a fountain. It was dark, and frankly, we all almost did. It looked very similar to the street. He was fine, wet, but fine. We blowdried his shoes and jacket for dinner. This picture is from the following day. You can see the crack where he fell.
Yes, on Valentine’s Day, we went to Legoland. The kids loved it.
Lego Brandenburg Gate, Lego Checkpoint Charlie, Lego Reichstag Building
Some intense lego car building and racing.
We stayed right beside the historic Potsdamer Platz. It has shopping, restaurants, the Sony Center, Legoland, a little bit of everything. The Berlin Mall had an awesome three story slide. Kids rode it twice. Not pictured- Andy rode it too.
Another mirror selfie for you.
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