Berlin is a fascinating place, full of history but also full of life, not stuck in the past but growing into the future. And this shows not only in people's attitudes, but also in urban planning.
advantage not only of the great library of the Eckiert Institute, but also of the opportunity to visit some popular spots. I could not possibly skip Berlin, especially since Roman , our good friend there, was kind enough to extend his hospitality for a couple of days.
Berlin is a fascinating place, full of history but also full of life, not stuck in the past but growing into the future. And this shows not only in people's attitudes, but also in urban planning.
The emblems of Berlin: the East Berlin TV tower and a construction crane
Just outside the Berlin Dome there is a "Lustgarden" which sounds pretty funny for an English speaker :) Lust and the Germans...
Roman is so very tall that this is the only way both me and him can be in the same picture without cutting either our heads or our legs off.
The memorial for the victims of torture (if I remember correctly), stark and impressive. The whole in the ceiling lets in the elements to rain or shine on the statue.
Another typical Berlin melange between the old and the new, the History museum which hosted at the time a great photo exhibition.
A real Berliner, at least according to me (it would have been funny to ask him where he's from and his answer to be Poland or smth like that)
Inside the glass coupole that crowns the Bunderstag - a modern gracious construction on top of the classic power-architecture type of building
The Holocaust Memorial
The Prussian Berlin is illustrated well by the Charlottenburg Palace, built at the end of the 17th century for the wife of Frederick III
And in contrast with the above, see here a very striking happy-colors kind of building
Martin and Roman in the square where the book autodafe took place in 1933
The weather was cold in March-April, so we even got the chance to see the city under a layer of snow 
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