From Vienna we took the highway to Germany and then up to Berlin. We stopped in Selb close to the Czech border for the night and reached Berlin the next afternoon.
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| Berlin, Brandenburger Tor |
We chose a place from Park4Night close to the Tempelhofer Feld in Oder Strasse for our first night (52.468754, 13.420599). It was a nice Sunday and many people where on the field just walking or cycling, others with skates or kites and boards.
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| Landing Strip @ Tempelhof Airfield |
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| Kiting @ Tempelhof |
After spending the late afternoon there we found a nice greek restaurant nearby (Taverna Olympia at the corner to Emser Strasse).
The next day we headed to Rosenthaler Platz where Edi met Thorsten Overgaard for a 3 day seminar. More about that on a seperate post!
I booked a Hop On Hop Off bus for 2 days and started to explore the city.
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| TV Tower and Bode Museum at the Spree River |
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| Berlin under construction |
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| famous Ampel Männchen @ Berlin |
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| Check Point Charly |
Next to Check Point Charly I visited the Panorama of the Berlin Wall by Yadegar Asisi which I found very impressive.
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| Panorama of the wall by Asisi |
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| Pink pipes of Berlin |
In the evening we changed our parking to Treptower Park. There is a parking in the middle of the park, close to the Spree river and in walking distance to a train station (52.491030, 13.467381).
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| Trainstation Treptower Park |
On Wednesday night we went to a pub called Zosch, where a band played in the cellar: A FOOT CREOLE New Orleans Jazz – great music and tasty dishes!!
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| A FOOT CREOLE in concert @ ZOSCH Berlin |
The next day we visited first the Museum of Photography of the Newton Foundation and afterwards the exhibition of 2 very interesting photographer at the Willy Brandt Haus: Bernice Kolko and Vivian Maier.
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| Viviane Maier (photo of the original picture) |
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| Vivian Maier exhibition @ Willy Brandt Haus Berlin |
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| Time for a break @ Princess Cheesecake |
After a break for the best cheescakes ever at Princess Cheesecake we drove to the Brandenburger Tor and the Holocaust Memorial to mingle with the crowds of tourists.
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| Holocaust Memorial |
For the late afternoon we had booked a slot at the Reichstag to go to the glas dome on top.
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| Reichstag @ Berlin |
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| Reichstag @ Berlin |
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| View from the top of the Reichstag |
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| Glas Dome of the Reichstag @ Berlin |
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| Top of the dome |
On our last day we went to the Pergamon Museum with its exhibition on islamic art, which was very impressive. We had booked the tickets on the internet which meant we didn’t have to wait in the queue.
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| Fashion shoot on the way to Pergamon Museum |
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| Ishtar Gate of Babylon reconstructed from original bricks, 575 BCE |
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| Market Gate from Miletus 2nd century AD @ Pergamon Museum |
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| Market Gate of Miletus @ Pergamon Museum |
Afterwards we had lunch just on the other side of the Spree river at a
levantine restaurant, which was a great combination with the exhibition
before.
We strolled to Alexanderplatz, took the train back home and left Berlin in the direction to Potsdam.
