Ghosts On Tour - 2006 - Day 18 (October 16)

On our first day in Berlin we visited Check Point Charlie, the Brandenburg Gate, went up the TV tower (previously in East Berlin) and generally wandered around randomly.

At dinner we accidently ordered the Berliner Weisbier which, as it turns out, is not your standard wheat beer - it comes in two colours - red and green. Urgh. Not really beer. ;-)

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Berlin main train station
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A memorial to Ingeborg Bachmann in a subway station
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Who is Ingeborg Bachmann?
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Ingeborg Bachmann
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Check Point Charlie
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Hot air balloon advertisement for Die Welt newspaper. Seems a bit like an ad for "The Daily Planet" from "Lois & Clark - The Adventures of Superman".
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A random piece of art. Looks like a huge katamari!
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Look at the fat, happy communist "Don't Walk" sign
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Infamous hotel - think Michael Jackson and babies...
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The Brandburg Gate
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TV tower at night
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From inside the TV tower - hard to get good photos
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Red and green beer! (Berliner Weisbier) At least we made the waiter happy...

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