At 10:30 just before bed, Carole suggested that we change our plans and go to Berlin. It’s only a 3.5 hour drive on the autobahn. We drove thru the allied checkpoint entering West Berlin from the former soviet section of East Germany.
We set out to drive to an outer suburb and take the S-Bahn (light rail) into the city but the traffic was not that bad so we drove right into the heart of the city. We parked in the Sony Center parking. The Sony Center complex is built on top of where the Berlin Wall first came down in the city center. It’s a set of buildings with a huge canopy in the middle.
One of the buildings is Legoland.
We took one of those tourist buses that stop at important sights and you can jump off and back on the next bus. We first passed the only remaining section of the Berlin wall.
We got off at Checkpoint Charlie.
There was a wood carver’s shop…
Lunch was a bratwurst in a roll. This walking bratwurst vendor was quite self-contained and mobile.
Brandenburg Gate was a must see.
And a few other buildings.
We drove out of Berlin starting at 5 with the rush hour traffic. This was an agility test. Only took us 4 hours to get back to the hotel.
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