Checkers’ post from last night was rather short as it was late and we were both tired. However, I will now add some additional Berlin pictures. It is Tuesday afternoon and we are traveling by train from Berlin to Hanover (on our way to Bremen). This morning, we visited Checkpoint Charlie at the site of the former Berlin Wall, and then went to the Topography of Terror museum nearby. But here are some sights from yesterday.

First, one must not cross when the man has his arms outstretched.

The green, walking man indicates what you should do. These signs date from the Cold War time and are different from the more typical ones in the west. Therefore, they were kept as a kind of nostalgic relic; we saw a whole souvenir shop dedicated to selling anything with these icons.

These mirrors in the dome on top of the Reichstag reflect sunlight down into the parliament chamber below.

Here is the view down into parliament through windows underneath the mirrors in the dome.

Finally, after walking west from the Reichstag through Tiergarten Park, we found the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church, left as a bombed-out ruin as a reminder of the destruction from World War II.

Replica of sign from the time of the wall.

Replica of Checkpoint Charlie between the Russian and American sectors of Berlin.

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