Food In Berlin

This is the typical Berlin lunch or dinner.  Sausages (wurst), sauerkraut, potatoes.  Wash it down with a Dunkel (dark) beer.  Not my favorite cuisine, but Terry loved it.  He tried every kind of sausage at one point. 

I made the mistake of ordering a salad without really looking at the ingredients and got a salad of cold cuts chopped up, cheese, red onions and pickles.  No lettuce, no tomatoes.  I looked more carefully after this.  Bread, when served, is brown bread.  A glass of water is very hard to get. 

Even though the guide books said that the tip is included with the meal, most of the bills said that the tip wasn't included, so I tipped.  Hard to know about this one. 

We didn't eat here but it was very crowded all the time, so it must be good. 

The Berlin Wall, Street Art

There is quite a large section of the Berlin Wall that is still intact.  It is not meant to keep people "in" or "out" anymore.  It is, in fact, the world's largest piece of artwork.  It runs along the Spree River. 

Each section has it's own theme or themes.  No idea what they all mean.  Lots of graffiti too.

Graffiti is very prevalent in some neighborhoods in East Berlin.

Some parts of East Berlin are very clean and tidy but others, like this part are filled with street art on every possible space.

 Quite impressive but I wouldn't want it on my building. 

Symbols of the wall -- tall metal spikes. 

Bundestag

This is inside the "Dome" at the Bundestag in Berlin. 

Part of the building is old and part (this part) is very modern. 

We were told that it is hard to get in to see this, but we walked right in after a security check, of course.

We had a wonderful dinner in the rooftop restaurant, quite a treat. 

Berlin is interesting; not relaxing. Mind-boggling.  Old mixed with new.  Order/disorder at the same time.  Quite a change from Paris.