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Took the underground to Friedrichstr. and instantly like the area where modern & historical buildings blend together and filled with outdoor café & restaurants along the river side (absolutely nice in summer time), second to Brandenburger Tor :)
Palace of the Republic (Palast der Republik http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palast_der_Republik), the West call it 'The Show Off Building', search for it's old pictures on the Internet & you'll know why. The building was formerly the East government building, now there are only ruins left...
Berlin Dom is under maintenance during my visit...it's 'topless' ;)
Just walk around in the region & you'll find besides many museums well worth seeing, there are also numerous small shops of souvenirs, applied arts and antiques (mostly Russian stuff...gas mask anyone, again?). Walk through the little alleys of the district and feel yourself 'transferred' into a different era, at least that's what I felt :)
Then of course, dinner time. I was brought to a small cosy movie themed restaurant for German food (my request). Picture starting from top left (clockwise): 'Black forest' noodle with pork slices in thick mushroom sauce, curry wurst, grill thin pizza with spinach & feta cheese (ok, this is not originally German), Einsbein (pig knee '咸猪手') with sauerkraut & the cover of 'German encrypted' menu. Everything tasted good except the menu :p
Took the underground to Friedrichstr. and instantly like the area where modern & historical buildings blend together and filled with outdoor café & restaurants along the river side (absolutely nice in summer time), second to Brandenburger Tor :)
Palace of the Republic (Palast der Republik http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palast_der_Republik), the West call it 'The Show Off Building', search for it's old pictures on the Internet & you'll know why. The building was formerly the East government building, now there are only ruins left...
Berlin Dom is under maintenance during my visit...it's 'topless' ;)
Just walk around in the region & you'll find besides many museums well worth seeing, there are also numerous small shops of souvenirs, applied arts and antiques (mostly Russian stuff...gas mask anyone, again?). Walk through the little alleys of the district and feel yourself 'transferred' into a different era, at least that's what I felt :)
Then of course, dinner time. I was brought to a small cosy movie themed restaurant for German food (my request). Picture starting from top left (clockwise): 'Black forest' noodle with pork slices in thick mushroom sauce, curry wurst, grill thin pizza with spinach & feta cheese (ok, this is not originally German), Einsbein (pig knee '咸猪手') with sauerkraut & the cover of 'German encrypted' menu. Everything tasted good except the menu :p
4 comments:
Some really nice pictures you have taken. I especially like the one with the 2 statues in front, but the rest are great as well.
About the cosy movie themed restaurant. Was the menu movie themed as well?
nope...but if it is my restaurant, I'll even name the tables after celebrities' names :)
Now I'm hungry!
Hou Hou sek....
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