Ich bin ein Berliner
Alright, so who are we kidding here? After about a month after my last traveling in Europe, there is no way that I remember when we saw what, and sometimes what the things that we saw even were... But, I will try to piece it together via the ridiculous amount of pictures that I took during my last European summer adventure a.k.a a 4 day weekend in Berlin!
So, here it goes...hope you enjoy!
Nanad drove us to the train station (we almost didn't make it!! Good thing Polish trains are always late...) and saw to it that we got on safely. He left a few days after, so this was our goodbye...
Alright, a little random and you're probably wondering, "What the hell?", but in Berlin (some of the sections of it anyhow) the pedestrian street lights look like this: a little Berliner-walky-man with a hat! You just have to take a picture of that!
After the British bombed Berlin in November 1943, all that was left of this church was left standing (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedachtniskirche). It was left untouched after the war and now serves as a memorial site.
Speaking of memorial sites, this is a memorial dedicated to the murdered Jews of Europe. It is what it looks like: a series of large concrete blocks, of different heights strewn over a large open area. The ground slopes slightly downward as you enter the labyrinth which gives the feeling of descending into something very uncertain, dark and a little scary. Overall, very powerful...
Another shot. I like the tree; despite all the concrete, life perseveres...
In the middle, the blocks are very tall.
Germany: Land of Ideas. Can't argue with that! I mean what other city has a huge plastic/metal structure of the aspirin pill right next to old city parliament building?
Outside of the Reichstag. After waiting in line for over an hour with Erin, we got to go up to the top and see Norman Foster's impressive glass cupola.