June 13th - Another city another museum or church to check out!
Berlin Cathedral (Berliner Dom)
There was someone getting married that day so I couldn't go in but I did get a the chance to later on in the trip.
Atlas Museum aka Old Museum with the collection from the 1830s
I decided to start off with the museum of German history and then figure out if I wanted to see anything else. There were about five museums on what they call "museum island" in the center of Berlin.
Old shield from the middle ages
Woodcuts from the book of traditional women's costumes by Jost Ammann 1586
The French Revolution even made it into the German museum with Louis XIV
Turkish tent from 1683
Assignants - paper money from the French Revolution (1792) that made it into the Germanic states at the time causing inflation
German Marks 1926
I found this poster to be an accurate forewarning to the Germans. It was created by the Socialist Democratic Party in 1932 warning against the National Socialist party. The message was a blood-smeared skeleton of a SA man as a synonym for murder and terror. They showed quite clearly what Germans could expect from a Third Reich.
After visiting that museum, I got into the Berlin Cathedral and was able to climb to the top of this one too.
Half way up
This felt like the scene from the movie version of Phantom of the Opera when the phantom and Christine are out on the roof of the Opera house.
Even Texas made it to Berlin
View from the Church
These pipes are up around the city when they have construction work to redirect the flow of water.
They have some of the coolest fountains!
Fernsehturm - tall spire where you can over look the city
Elevators bring you up and down and they only hold about 20 people so it takes a while but the view is worth is.
German burger! nothing like the delicious greasy American ones but it was good!
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