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KaDaWe
On a very wet day in Berlin, we ended up in the Kurfurstendamm, and spend the early part of the day at The Story of Berlin, including a exploring a nuclear bunker built in the 1970’s. Later we made our way to Kaufhaus des Westens, famously known as KaDaWe, and especially the amazing 6th floor food hall! Anyone who has ever been to this store will be familiar with the stunning array of food of every variety. For example I had no idea there were so many types of tea,... Read More
Welcome to ‘erlin!
As anyone who has read this blog before will know, I love street art, especially the decorated animal statures that have frequented our cities in recent years. So when heading to Berlin I was looking forward to finding the various Buddy Bears that currently live in the city. So I was delighted to find “Welcome to ‘erlin” (someone had rubbed the B away) shortly after my arrival in the city not far from the Brandenburg Gate. However many of the other Buddy Bears proved to be elusive, or maybe just... Read More
Off to the museum…the Dead Sea Scrolls @ The Boston Museum of Science
Off to the museum…the Dead Sea Scrolls @ The Boston Museum of Science.
Jewish Museum
One of the places that was high on our ‘must see’ list in Berlin was the Jewish Museum. I was fascinated by the story told by the architecture by Daniel Libeskind and I can fully understand why the building became a visitor attraction while it was still empty. Descending the stairs between the old and new buildings you come to three pathways, which represent the three ‘choices’ of German Jews in the 1930’s and 1940’s. One of the pathways lead to a dark tower, lit only by a narrow strip... Read More