Weekend in Berlin

As mentioned in my last post, our crew totally lucked out this past weekend. Due to the "rain", the customer decided that they should do much overdue work without us, and gave us the weekend off. Myself and 5 other crew members decided to venture next door to Germany for a nice touristy weekend. Guten Tag!

Delicious German Sausage and Chips

When I say touristy---I mean REALLY touristy. When the woman car arrived at 7pm on Friday, we hit the streets right away with our cameras. We took lots of pictures and drank our first German beer of the trip. Berlin was only about 5 hr 45 minutes from Plock, unless you get stopped for a ticket...much like the other car. They left Plock at 4pm and did not arrive until about 11:30pm.

Fernsehturm (TV Tower) - Has a revolving restuarant and bar on top

River view on the way to Alexanderplatz

Saturday morning we decided to take the continuous bus tour where you can can hop on and off all day long. We did the full 2 hour circle around, taking horrible bus pictures, and then re-circled to hop on and off at spots where we had to return to see up close. Below are some pictures of the remaining parts of the Berlin wall.

Berlin wall with artwork that was painted on the 20th anniversary of the tearing down of the wall

More Wall

Here are some pictures of the Jewish Memorial that honor all the Jewish people that lost their lives. Each block is supposed to represent a grave stone. Under all these stones was a fantastic museum that told soo many sad stories.

Other sites that we saw were the Sony Center built in Potsdamer Platz after WWII, Checkpoint Charlie - the former passage way between East and West Germany, the Reichstag - the parliament building, and sooo much more. Here are a few more pictures for your viewing pleasure:

Sony Center at night

Checkpoint Charlie and fake guards

Inside the Parliament Building

Just for fun!

Overall it was a great trip! I cannot wait to get back to Germany someday to see traditional towns with beer halls, castles, and lederhosen!