Berlin, Germany

Berlin is COLD! I remember feeling sooooooooooo cold when we were in front of the Reichstag/ Bundestag. I guess due to the open land around there, cold gusts of wind just kept blowing. Reichstag is really beautiful, a mixture of ancient and modern architecture. Nearby, the Brandenburg Tor is a breathtaking sight... esp because we were there during sunset. From Brandenburg Tor, we walked along Unter Den Linden, and it is such a beautiful walk. Eddy even asked, why don't Malaysia have walking lanes like that?? Well, personally, I think its too hot in Malaysia. ;o)

We took a free tour around Berlin, and saw the Berlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie, Holocaust Memorial and learnt a bit of history. Berlin was a city much devastated by the WW2, and the the cold war even more. I think it is such a sad circumstance that a city was divided like this. My tourguide was right... Berlin may not be architecturally as outstanding as Prague or Vienna... but I left Berlin very much touched by its history and turmoil.