A Step Back in Time

My mother arrived in Berlin yesterday, so today we spent time walking through the city. Starting at Alexanderplatz, we were surprised to find giraffes having a drink at the Friendship Fountain. Hummm, were they lost or did they just come into town for the free concert? After visiting with the giraffes, we walked down down to Museum Island.

There we viewed beautiful paintings at the Alte National Galerie and walked up the steps of the Pergamon Altar at the Pergamonmuseum. With just the western side of the original structure reconstructed and taking up an entire room, the original building must have been awesome to see.

Coming out of the Egyptian exhibit, we walked down Unter den Linden to Friedreichstrasse and checked out some of the beautiful shops. We stopped at the War Victims Memorial and saw that someone had laid flowers over the weekend - perhaps in rememberance of the U.S. Memorial Day holiday.

After a lovely dinner at a neighborhood Italian restaurant, we got some night shots for Mom at the Brandenburg Gate. A long, but full day. Glad to have Mom here. I snapped this picture of her outside the Dome Church.

All is well in Berlin. We'll check out a few more sights tomorrow and perhaps get a little shopping in. Until tomorrow then, good night. XOXO