Berlin!

Berlin isn’t Paris or anything like Italy, both of which places I can’t seem to get enough pictures. But it has its own charm, which is incredible when you think that 80 years ago it was bombed almost to smithereens.

Above, the avenue known as Kurfurstendamm, where I was lucky enough to be at home during my stay.
Above and below, neighborhood boys play soccer.

Below: Other parks for other children, where grandparents swing their progeny.

The leafy streets and the famous German store named Manufactum and a strawberry stand.

Bells tolling from the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial, the remnants of a church that was all but destroyed during WWII. Sidewalk cafes.

Above, the Spree River is a source of pleasure cruising.

Miscellaneous interesting things.

Gesundheit. The first word of German I ever learned. I was 3 years old at the time! I still remember who taught the word to me!

Pretty doorways

A taste for tacos

A taste for sushi

A taste for books. It says “buys more books!”

A hair salon’s menu with pricing.

A cafe menu, as one sees in France or London.

Attractive apartment buildings

Attractive bookshops.

The influence of Italian coffee culture is everywhere in Berlin. I enjoyed some excellent coffee here.

The baked goods! OMG!

The soviet era TV tower at Alexanderplatz

The high speed train service.

The terraces with flowers.

The interesting architecture.

The confusing but excellent Ubahn

Museuminsel: my home away from home in Berlin.

The Vespas!

The elegant sidewalk cafes.

More beautiful architecture

Learning German

Did I mention the baked goods?!

I’m sure you’re visually exhausted, so let me condense the last group of this and that taken in Berlin.

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