Berlin

August 2009 & 2011

Berlin was hipster before it was cool. 

It has quickly become the cultural mecca for the youths of Europe. 

The cool vibe, art, history and architecture has me itching to go back.   

 

"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live,

mad to talk, mad to be saved." - Jack Kerouac, On the Road.

 

Things we saw and did:

• Brandenburg Gate
• Berlin TV Tower
• Berlin Cathedral
• Reichstag
• Museum Island
• Neptune Fountain
• Rotes Rathaus
• Berlin Wall
• Holocaust Memorial
• Checkpoint Charlie
• Potsdamer Platz
• Alexanderplatz
• Berlin Zoo
• Ka De We
• Sony Centre
• White Trash club
• Treptower Park
• Sanssouci Palace and Park
• Tacheles squatters bar
• Madam Tussauds Berlin
• Hauptbahnhof

Brandenburg Gate

Berlin TV Tower from Museum Island 

Berlin Cathedral

Reichstag

Neptune Fountain & Rotes Rathaus

Trying to climb the Berlin Wall

Berlin Zoo

Sony Centre

Treptower Park

Sanssouci Palace and Park

Finally meeting Johnny Depp in Madame Tussauds