Berlin! festivals, contemporary architecture, nightlife

Ok you were wrong if your guess was London. My next destination happened to be Berlin thanks to fast trains between Paris and Berlin. Then here it comes the central station...

The Brandenburg Gate is an iconic landmark of Berlin and Germany. It also appears on German euro coins (10 Cent / 20 Cent and 50 Cent).

You have to look closer to the picture next to the car... I may not look as fun as you might have used to cause I got very tired. I need a vacation :)

In the picture you see me at my favourite spot in Berlin, the famous TV tower, the Fernsehturm.. I had a chance to meet with a few other asterisks and went to a restaurant on the Friedrichstrasse. I strongly suggest schnitzel..

I met a couple from Japan and decided to visit next... Here is a picture when we took a boat in the Japanese waters.

Oh sorry, have forgotten that I am still in the Berlin blog.

More information for those interested is as follows,

The Reichstag building is the traditional seat of the German Parliament, renovated in the 1950s after severe World War II damage. The building was again remodeled by British architect Norman Foster in the 1990s and features a glass dome over the session area, which allows free public access to the parliamentary proceedings and magnificent views of the city.

Gendarmenmarkt, a neoclassical square in Berlin whose name dates back to the Napoleonic occupation of Berlin, is bordered by two similarly designed cathedrals, the French Cathedral with its observation platform and the German Cathedral. The Konzerthaus (Concert Hall), home of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, stands between the two cathedrals.

The Berliner Dom, a Protestant cathedral and the third church on this site, is located on the Spree Island across from the site of the Berliner Stadtschloss and adjacent to the Lustgarten. A large crypt houses the remains of some of the earlier Prussian royal family. Like many other buildings, it suffered extensive damage during World War II. The Cathedral of St. Hedwig is Berlin's Roman Catholic cathedral.

Unter den Linden is a tree lined east-west avenue from the Brandenburg Gate to the site of the former Berliner Stadtschloss, and was once Berlin's premier promenade. Many Classical buildings line the street and part of Humboldt University is located there. Friedrichstraße was Berlin's legendary street during the Roaring Twenties. It combines twentieth Century tradition with the modern architecture of today's Berlin.