Berlin Sight Seeing

On the last rain day virginia and I took the train into Berlin for a little sight seeing. The first picture shows the Reichstag building complete with dome. The last time i was in Berlin in 1992, there was no dome. It had been destroyed in the second World War and only recently rebuilt.


This is the victory column (Siegessäule) built in the ;ate 1800's to comemorate the vitories in the Danish- Prussian, Franco-Prussian and Austro-Prussian wars.


The Bradenburg Gate is a major attraction in Berlin and was one of the first places where the fall of the communist GDR government was celebrated before the unification of Germany. This picture is taken from the east side of the gate in what was once the communist area of Berlin.

Starbucks is everywhere - I though this picture was quite a juxtaposition of the symbol of capitalism - Starbucks - located in the former communist zone of Berlin right beside the Bradenburg gate! It was not there in 1992 during my last visit.

Tomorrow, Virginia and I head back to Poppenhusen to drop off the glider and we will stay there a couple of days and visit the Wasserkuppe and particularly the Gliding Museum at the Wasserkuppe.