Berlin in one day was one big day. Three hours there and back with six hours in between to see the sights. What surprised me was that there are still vacant blocks in the city ( East and West ) from the war waiting to be re built. Our guide was from East Germany and was 1 1/2 when the the wall came down, she had many personal insights to share regarding family life in the East, and was very happy to share her insights on Germany today which was very interesting and made the bus trip quicker ( if not sleeping )
We saw the Brandenburg Gate and the Holocaust memorial, the new parliamentary buildings and the old with echos of Hitler in the stones.
The remnants of the wall and path of the old wall ( marked with a line of cobblestones in the pavement ) was crossed in many places as we went from East to West and back again.
Graeme and Wendy
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