Sightseeing in Berlin

Today I just wanted to go sightseeing and eat some lecker German cakes and that's what we did.

We took the same path as our first night here taking in the major sights and snapping lots of photos and video along the way. Places of interest:

• Checkpoint Charlie - where east once met west.
• The Berlin Wall - or what little is left of it.
• Potsdamer Platz - modern new Berlin.
• Holocaust Memorial.
• Brandenburg Gate - need I say more.
• The Reichstag - German parliament building, completely reconstructed after the war. The modern glass dome is a nice touch but not really worth the 1 hour wait to go up.
• Hauptbahnhof - the new super modern central station.
• Unter den Linden.
• Gendarmenmarkt - beautiful square with twin churches.
• Berliner Dom - beautiful cathedral, although it could do with a good clean.
• Alexanderplatz - visit the Fernsehturm TV tower if you have the patience to wait in the queue - I didn't.
• Martin Gropius Bau
• Topographie des Terrors - an open air exhibition on the former site of the Gestapo.

All that walking and sightseeing was followed by another great meal and my favourite German dessert, kase sahne torte. Happy.