Today we visited the center of the German government, The Bundesregierung, with the glass dome that people can ascend via a round ramp to check out the city of Berlin, and look down on the legislators, when in session. Now you’ll really know how your representative voted. The access to that dome is very limited, based on popularity, but Amy found a way to get in with a walkup ticket kiosk, so we are going on Tuesday, when we have free time from the tour. We are here during a very important holiday for all Germans, east and west. The holiday celebrates the reunification of Germany, symbolized by the tearing done of the wall in 1989. Part of our tour today includes memorials of the wall. When you ride the S trains, you will see sections of the wall still standing and also exposed rebar of wall sections, so the symbolism of opened and closed is a constant reminder of what freedom and tyranny look like. Yesterday we started our actual tour with 28 others, with a meeting to get to know each other and have a traditional German dinner, which was very good, very filling, and very much editable for seconds. Again the modernist architecture catches my eye, as seen from below. On to day 4 still not completely synch up timezone wise, so hopefully your mobiles are on silent.
Not really sure what this old stone building is a remnant of could be atop a section of the wall but now a cozy little bar.
Happened upon this church on our stroll.
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