I kicked off my Christmas break with a three day stay in
Berlin before catching my plane home to the good ol' USA. I had mixed feelings about the
city, which was a little edgy, a little artsy, a little dirty, a full of more history than is physically possible to take in in a few days, let alone several semeters of college.
1. Brandenburg Gate
2. Victory Column
For some reason the Victory monument looks like it's a lot closer to the Brandenburg Gate than it actually is, or so I learned when I decided to walk from one to the other. On the way back I wandered through Berlin's giant park, Tiergarten, although not much was growing in the middle of December.
3. Reichstag Building
4. Checkpoint Charlie
5. East Side Gallery
The East Side Gallery displays what's left of the Berlin wall. It's is 1.3 km (a little less than a mile) long. Along the wall's east side are paintings done by artists from all over the world in 1990.
6. The Fernsehturm (Berlin TV tower) and Alexanderplatz
The tallest structure in Berlin and a symbol of the city since it was built in the 1960s.
7. Pergamom Museum
8. The Berlin Cathedral
9. Art Galleries
I decided to check out a bit of the art scene in
Berlin since the city is so well known for its artists. I visited two of
the city's galleries, the Berlinische and Kunstehalle during the trip.
So that's Berlin in pictures. An interesting trip by all accounts!
