Photo Essay: Berlin…Again: Fourth Time’s a Charm?

Back. In. Berlin.

I am back in Berlin for a fourth time, and my fifth time in Germany. Clearly I like it here.

My first time in Berlin was back in 2007 during my “original world tour”. My friend Mark met me here and we loved it. My second time in Berlin, I came back again the next year in hopes of possibly finding a job, but after two weeks, I felt the pull of the road and started traveling again. In 2013, Sherry Ott and I got an apartment together in Friedrichshain, a cool neighborhood of Berlin and got “local” for a month, although the snowy, bitter weather was a bit of a downer as I’d hoped to cycle all over the city but the snow-covered sidewalks made that a bit impossible.

And now in fall 2014, I was back again for the 25^th anniversary of the fall of the wall. I was able to revisit many old spots and see some new ones along the way and as always, eat some tasty food.

There is so much to see here and this city is so big, you can never see it all. Here’s a photo essay of some of what I saw this go around.

Photos of Berlin

The Reichstag – Home of the German Parliament

Lunch at Käfer on top of the Reichstag

Inside the Reichstag glass dome by Norman Foster, symbolizing the reunification of Germany

Home of the Chancellor’s office

New & Old Berlin – the Brandenburg Gate, the US Embassy and new modern buildings

Reichstag

Stolperstein – Stumble Stones all over Berlin commemorating the Jews who lived there

Autumn in Berlin

Grafitti Art city

Beast outside

Berlin’s traditional street food: Currywurst

Currywurst

Bricks mark the former wall….now a Starbucks

The memorial to the murdered Jews

West Berlin – Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, bombed during WWII