Friday 14th
Staying out of Berlin - Potsdam - F not keen on driving any further in than necessary... not sure why, ha ha.
Trained into central Berlin and took in the sights...... this involved a LOT of walking. Spent a few hours in the German History Musuem, but eventually we had to surrender.
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| Berlin Hauptbahnhof (rail Station) described as designed with Fritz Lang's Metropolis in mind | f |
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| Reichstag - Berlin Parliament building |
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| 200 remaining metres of "The Wall" |
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| Checkpoint Charlie |
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| Berlin Concert hall |
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| Currywurst mit ketchup... must have Berlin speciality........ apparently! |
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| Another view of Berlin Hauptbahnhof |
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After we trained back to hotel, Frank took his sorry a.. for a lie down and I continued on to Sanssouci - summer palace of Frederick the Great of Prussia, built in 1700's and reputed to rival Versailles. Huge grounds, about 8 palaces - I went into the New Palais, totally OTT roccco + baroque + whatever.
The royal family was relieved of it after WW1 when they scarpered to the Netherlands with 30 odd train loads of furniture, collections etc from the palace.
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| New Palace at Sans Souci Potsdam |
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