Berlin

Berlin is the only city where i am spending three nights. Thats partly because its quite a distance from Amsterdam so i spend more time travelling and arrive late PM, and secondly because its a city i have not been to before. Staying at Novotel and whilst when i arrived i thought it was at bit out of the way, once i had undertaken the standard city bus tour i realised that actually Berlin is quite compact and i was close to a lot of the main areas.

Its probably a city that would have been fascinating before the fall of the Wall (or shortly thereafter) but the city has a more historic feel that means that actually the period between WW2 and fall of Wall is but a small part of its heritage. Much of the city was of course devastated during WW2 but the historical buildings that have survived are quite stunning and give a glimpse to what must have been one of the most impressive European Cities in the 18th and 19th century. Work post unification has been significant (scary to think thats 20 years ago).

Overall quite impressed. Pictures here.