I was in Berlin in summer 2009, taking advantage of the fact that a dear friend of mine had just moved there. It 's a beautiful city, which gave us 4 days of warm sun and cool nights. We have been a few days before the start of the Olympics in athletics that has filled the city of tourists, athletes, sports fans ...
found on EasyJet flights, departure times from London and a bit 'awkward, but really low price (40 euro / ra head). I have entrusted to the hotel as booking.com where I always found a special offer for the Holiday Inn in Prenzlauer Berg (beautiful room with sitting area and a bathroom full of giant mirrors ... ultra-luxury!).
Four days are few, but tireless walkers us (almost) enough to see many places, try the local cuisine, filled up with hot dogs and beer, and we did not miss even a little 'shopping!
The "Church of Remembrance", with the bell tower maimed by bombing in 1943
Walking through the huge Tiergarten park we found this part of lawn full of nudists!
almost in the center of the Tiergarten, at the main road, stands the golden angel. It is not very high (about sixty meters), but the climb is quite claustrophobic, up a spiral staircase that becomes increasingly narrow.
At the summit, however, was rewarded with a beautiful view
Alexanderplaz, the universal clock
Also in the plaza, the fountain of friendship between peoples.
photo with Marx and Engels
The Brandenburg Gate
Reichstag
A real Mini hanging out from the showroom!
Checkpoint Charlie, the crossing point between the American and Soviet sectors
I could not resist a lamb to the bear of Berlin!
A break beer ....
dinner with our friends, how nice to find Berlin ...
mandatory stop at the Berlin Wall, almost completely re-designed and colorful
Many artists have given their contribution
Represent with a drawing memory, not to forget. Each piece of wall is now a work of art.
not I put them all, but one is the best
This is the part of the wall have not yet been repainted
We granted a break in the river beach for a beer on the deck!
continue our visit of the wall, a long open-air art gallery.
An artist working on his opera
After the wall murals on buildings continue
We stopped in this fantastic place, where the beer is very good, popular with elderly people grilling meat playing bocce on the one hand, families with children on the other.
concludes the short holiday with a dinner leggerina ....
Berlin is fantastic, but very few have huge highway machines, all using public transport is very efficient. For the sidewalks must be careful to walk in the lane reserved for pedestrians, because there are bike paths everywhere crowded (I risked more than once of being hit!).
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