Berlin

Mum and I visited Berlin from Saturday 28th May 2016 to Wednesday 1st June.

Images are © Jonathan Gregory 2016.

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Exploration of the city
On Sunday 29th we walked round the city, starting from our hotel in Invalidstrasse, on the north side of the Hauptbahnhof.
f005-1657 Moltke Bridge over the River Spree
f005-1660 f005-1664 Brandenburg Gate from W and E side
f005-1666 Bubbles in the Pariser Platz
f005-1669 f005-1671 f005-1672 Along Unter den Linden, noting the blue pipes, passing the Staatsbibliothek and the statue of Frederick the Great
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f005-1678 f005-1682a Berliner Dom f005-1680 Construction by the Spree
f005-1681 TV tower f005-1683a A false facade
f005-1685 Schiller outside the Konzerthaus on Gendarmenmarkt f005-1686 Französischer Dom on Gendarmenmarkt
f005-1688 f005-1689 Memorial (Denkmal) to the murdered Jews of Europe
f005-1696 At the top of the Reichstag Dome
f005-1695 f005-1694 Views from the Reichstag Dome
f005-1697 Kanzleramt f005-1698 The floor of the dome; M is sitting by the door
f005-1699 Reichstag f005-1700 Lada for hire at Grosser Stern
f005-1704 Siegessaüle
f005-1708 f005-1709 Views from the Siegessaüle
f005-1711 M on the Siegessaüle
Museums
On Monday 30th we visited museums.
f005-1712 Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church f005-1713 A piece of the Wall and a removed Communist emblem from Prague
f005-1715 f005-1716 Checkpoint Charlie
Sachsenhausen
On Tuesday 1st we visited Sachsensausen Memorial (Gedenkstätte) and Museum, at Oranienburg, north of Berlin.
f005-1721 M by the museum f005-1723 Burial ground
f005-1722 f005-1720 Tower A f005-1724 Camp wall at Station Z
f005-1727 View towards Tower A f005-1718 Laundry, kitchen and 1961 monument
f005-1726 f005-1729 The 1961 monument