On my third visit to Berlin, I was still discovering new sights and experiencing the old ones in a different light........I explored the city by tricycle, helicopter, boat, bus, tram and car!!!
The Brandenburg gate
One of my modes of transport to discover this buzzing city
The Gendarmenmarkt is a square in Berlin, and the site of the Konzerthaus and the French and German Cathedrals.
The concert Hall
Segways are another way to discover the city. But I have not tried it yet.
Don't remember what this beautiful building is.
The Humboldt Building is a unique design
The Museum Island which is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Museum Island is the name of the northern half of an island in the Spree river in the central Mitte district of Berlin, Germany, the site of the old city of Cölln. It is so called for the complex of five internationally significant museums, all part of the Berlin State Museums, that occupy the island's northern part:
- The Altes Museum (Old Museum) completed on the orders of Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1830.
- The Neues Museum (New Museum) finished in 1859 according to plans by Friedrich August Stüler, a student of Schinkel. Destroyed in World War II, it was rebuilt under the direction of David Chipperfield for the Egyptian Museum of Berlin and re-opened in 2009.
- The Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery) completed in 1876, also according to designs by Friedrich August Stüler, to host a collection of 19th century art donated by banker Joachim H. W. Wagener
- The Bode Museum on the island's northern tip, opened in 1904 and then called Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum. It exhibits the sculpture collections and late Antique and Byzantine art.
- The Pergamon Museum, the final museum of the complex, constructed in 1930. It contains multiple reconstructed immense and historically significant buildings such as the Pergamon Altar and the Ishtar Gate of Babylon.
Berlin Cathedral
The Berlin TV Tower
The Lustgarten or the Pleasure garden
The National Gallery
The boat cruise on the River Spree
The Bode Museum on the river Spree
The warehouses on the East side which look thoroughly decrepit and rundown from the outside but come night and they turn into the hippest night clubs.
The Berlin Wall
Peace
The bear is the mascot of Berlin
The Tempelhof airport
The red carpet was painted on the floor.
Saved them the effort of laying the real thing down for visiting dignitaries.
Historic aircraft at the Aviation Museum
An acrobatic tribute to Amelia Earhart
Lots of history and facts......
A piece of moon rock!
Never thought I would ride in a stretch limousine!!!
Another mode of transport to view the city.
Potsdam from the air. I must make a visit there.
Templehof from the air.
This airport was built in the 1930s.
It was supposed to be able to host 150000 people on its roof to view airshows!
That was the German vision and ambition in those days.
We also had a dinner hosted at the historic Pan Am lounge, courtesy Air Berlin.
Truly, a time when aviation was for the elite
and being a flying crew meant a life of privilege and luxury.
