Berlin East meets West

On our last day in Berlin we visited places linked to the period when the city was divided. We started at the DDR Museum that told the story of life in East Berlin. Even the German tourists found it an eye opener!

Then it was on to the Brandenburg Gate and Checkpoint Charlie. These were rather touristy but nevertheless very interesting. We also visited the Willy Brandt Museum that very much fitted into this theme

Later in the day we turned back the clock with a visit to Charlottenburg, a palace of the Prussian kings. This was part of the complex that we had visited yesterday at Potsdam. We saw the castle, the new palace and the gardens. We did manage to fit in lunch at a local Italian restaurant.

Tomorrow we go by train to Frankfurt for our flight to Iceland on Monday.

Gail at the old border between East and West

Protesters at the Brandenburg Gate

The beer fuelled HOHO bus. You drink beer and pedal

Old Berlin wall "art"

At the Charlottenburg Castle

One of the Royal rooms

Anyone for dinner? The porcelain collection

Prussian crowns in the treasury

The castle gardens