Since Berlin is just under 3 hours by car, we decided to make a day trip and leave Celle at 6:30am to arrive in Berlin by about 9:30am. The autobahn allows exceptionally high speeds and flows nicely across Germany...except when you get stuck in a traffic jam. We are not sure why we sat for about 2.5 hours on the autobahn moving occasionally, but we did. Being the map experts we were, we decided to reroute ourselves by going through small German towns at incredibly slow speed limits. Need less to say, we made it to Berlin 7 hours after our departure time.
Rich, Cam, Ben, and Becca rented bikes to quickly get to all the sights. What a great idea! The Tiergarten park itself is huge and would take a while to ride through. But not with our swiftness on the bikes. It was a gorgeous park and a beautiful sunny day in Berlin!
We are stylin'! In the background you can see the golden statue on the top of the monument. This is the Victory Column. It is a symbol of victory by the Prussian army over Danes, Austrians, and French. It was relocated during Hitler's redesign of Berlin.
Tiergarten is a park in the middle of Berlin, comparable to Central Park in New York.
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe is 2711 blocks of various heights.
If you are like Ben, your immediate thought is, "I am going to jump from block to block and climb at high as I can!" After walking on block #3 he definately was scolded by a worker.
Brandenburg Gate is the only remaining gate in Berlin. It was on no man's land just behind the Berlin wall. It has served as the backdrop for many important events: Napoleon's march into Berlin, division of Berlin during the Cold War, Reagan's speech, and more.
Bebelplatz is the location of the Nazi's infamous book-burning on May 10, 1933. In the background is St. Hedwigs Cathedral.
Berliner Dom-Berlin Cathedral is now a museum. The Fernsehturm tower is next to it.
Alexanderplatz was very crowded due to the Michael Jackson needs justice protest. Many Jackson look alikes were gathered.
World Clock at Alexanderplatz.
What a handsome fella!
Checkpoint Charlie is the famous border crossing between East Berlin and West Berlin for Allied forces. It was said the Soviet and American tanks stood face to face after the wall was built in 1961.
The remainder of the Berlin Wall. The wall itself was about 6 inches thick and was covered in graffiti.
Reichstag is Germany's famous parliament building which stood just in front of the Berlin Wall in West Berlin.
Kaiser-Wilhelm Memorial Church was the main protestant church building and was bombed in 1943.
Charlottenburg Palace is the largest and most beautiful in Berlin.
We saw the stadium at night, so my picture didn't come out as clear. The Berlin olympics were held in this stadium in 1936. In 2006, the stadium was used for the FIFA World Cup Germany championship game between France and Italy. It used to hold 100,000 people, but now is down to 74,000.
Since Berlin is just under 3 hours by car, we decided to make a day trip and leave Celle at 6:30am to arrive in Berlin by about 9:30am. The autobahn allows exceptionally high speeds and flows nicely across Germany...except when you get stuck in a traffic jam. We are not sure why we sat for about 2.5 hours on the autobahn moving occasionally, but we did. Being the map experts we were, we decided to reroute ourselves by going through small German towns at incredibly slow speed limits. Need less to say, we made it to Berlin 7 hours after our departure time.
Rich, Cam, Ben, and Becca rented bikes to quickly get to all the sights. What a great idea! The Tiergarten park itself is huge and would take a while to ride through. But not with our swiftness on the bikes. It was a gorgeous park and a beautiful sunny day in Berlin!
We are stylin'! In the background you can see the golden statue on the top of the monument. This is the Victory Column. It is a symbol of victory by the Prussian army over Danes, Austrians, and French. It was relocated during Hitler's redesign of Berlin.
Tiergarten is a park in the middle of Berlin, comparable to Central Park in New York.
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe is 2711 blocks of various heights.
If you are like Ben, your immediate thought is, "I am going to jump from block to block and climb at high as I can!" After walking on block #3 he definately was scolded by a worker.
Brandenburg Gate is the only remaining gate in Berlin. It was on no man's land just behind the Berlin wall. It has served as the backdrop for many important events: Napoleon's march into Berlin, division of Berlin during the Cold War, Reagan's speech, and more.
Bebelplatz is the location of the Nazi's infamous book-burning on May 10, 1933. In the background is St. Hedwigs Cathedral.
Berliner Dom-Berlin Cathedral is now a museum. The Fernsehturm tower is next to it.
Alexanderplatz was very crowded due to the Michael Jackson needs justice protest. Many Jackson look alikes were gathered.
World Clock at Alexanderplatz.
What a handsome fella!
Checkpoint Charlie is the famous border crossing between East Berlin and West Berlin for Allied forces. It was said the Soviet and American tanks stood face to face after the wall was built in 1961.
The remainder of the Berlin Wall. The wall itself was about 6 inches thick and was covered in graffiti.
Reichstag is Germany's famous parliament building which stood just in front of the Berlin Wall in West Berlin.
Kaiser-Wilhelm Memorial Church was the main protestant church building and was bombed in 1943.
Charlottenburg Palace is the largest and most beautiful in Berlin.
We saw the stadium at night, so my picture didn't come out as clear. The Berlin olympics were held in this stadium in 1936. In 2006, the stadium was used for the FIFA World Cup Germany championship game between France and Italy. It used to hold 100,000 people, but now is down to 74,000.
