Spring is in the Air

Well, a girl can dream can’t she. We got hit with another snow storm this weekend. It started snowing Saturday and was still snowing Monday evening when I went to bed. It was not very heavy but probably got 2 inches or more. I told Alan on our way home from Berlin that I was tired of site seeing in the COLD.

Berlin was cold and windy; for some reason I have always envisioned Berlin as being cold. But we didn’t let that stop us from getting out and seeing the sites. We tried to work in 5 or 6 of the Top 10 Things to see in Berlin. The remnants of the Berlin Wall, Check Point Charlie, the Brandenburg Gate (the last of the original 18 gates into the city), the Reichstag building (the seat of the German Parliament) , the Gemaldegallerie (the painting gallery and home to many Rembrandtd works ) and Potsdamer Plazt (modern cultural hotspot containing shops, restaurants, cafes, bars and cinemas). The train system in Berlin was very efficient and easy to learn/use and our hotel was only a short 10 minute walk to the nearest Train station. On our last evening we also did the Hop On/Off bus tour and got to see (from a distance) Museum Island, the Berliner Dom, the new DB Train station, the Zoo (just the entrance) and multiple embassy buildings. It was so very cold we opted to stay on the bus and see the sites from the semi-heated upper deck

It was a great trip and I am glad I got to see Berlin!