Berlin - Day Two - Trip on the River Spree

[smallhobbit]

Before we went to Germany, one of my friends had recommended we take a river trip.  This was an excellent idea, and we saw a good deal of the city in the hour.

Various buildings:





And in particular the Dom (Cathedral), the Reichstag,



and one of the museums on Museum Island.  Plus a German eagle on one of the bridges:



Everywhere there were memories of when the city had been divided by the Berlin wall.  These crosses are in memory of people who died trying to cross the wall, and the gap between the buildings is because the wall used to be there.



Apart from the river we did find some other things to see, including the Berlin bear, and Beethoven (my favourite composer).



We also had an excellent lunch, and apple streusel at tea time.  I have no pictures, so you will have to take my word for how good they were.

Comments

[mafief]

Wonderful set of pictures.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you very much.

[prisca]

I'm so glad that you have had a nice trip. Berlin is such a great city, I connect so many (LotR) memories with.

[smallhobbit]

Berlin is a great city. We hadn't really known what to expect, but really enjoyed our time there. We only had a few days, so I'll have to go back again to see some more.

[vix_spes]

Lovely pictures and yay for Beethoven (even though he's really not my favourite composer lol)

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. The other sides of the monument had Haydn and Mozart.

[aome]

Super cool about why the buildings are spaced like that! So hard to imagine a city divided, to have had this tiny island of Western Europe in a sea of Eastern Germany.

[margaret_r]

Lovely pictures:) The river trip was well worth it to get such gorgeous views.

[smallhobbit]

You really get a sense of the impact the Berlin Wall had on the population.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. I'm so glad my friend recommended it.