View from Our Room

When in Berlin, we stayed at the Ritz Carlton. There was a pro-Palestinian protest going on at one point in the square across the street. Lots of police presence.

 

Brandenburg Gate

Back where the wall came down. I don't think the Talking Heads ever played here, though. It's a beautiful place now. With too many tourists.

 

Books In Front

Kind of appropriate to be selling books in front of Max Planck's lab.

 

Memorial to Victims of War

This is a little building on Unter den Linden easy to overlook. It's empty but for the sculpture.

 

More of the Road

More of this exhibit. This part was about the way Stalin wanted to unite Germany under his terms - that were about voting.

 

The Road Less Traveled Part 1

The first part of the Road Less Traveled was about the fall of the Berlin Wall. I find it weird that they put the most recent event first; it would have made more sense to go from older to newer events. Like I said in a previous post, this didn't really explore the idea of an alternate turn of events. It was more like - if this didn't happen, things would have been bad. That's about it.

 

Berlin Museum Outside

This was a history museum, but it was mainly closed. Their big exhibit was The Road Not Taken - and was a bit about turning points in German history. We thought that would be interesting, but were disappointed because they just examined the turning points and did not get much into alternative histories. Very disappointing. Great concept, poor execution.

 

Museum, Mausoleum, and Church on the Same Road

Walking down Unter den Linden looking at the sights. The day was beautiful but a bit windy and chilly.

 

Ukraine Support in Berlin

This was the only place we saw the Ukrainian flag displayed prominently in Germany. Or France. It's sad.

 

Magnets

Magnets from our trip. Belgium and Berlin.