In Berlin

We have actually left Berlin and are now in Rome. The internet access in Pension Peters involved a single Linux machine in the lobby, so I didn't do any posting. Don't get me wrong though--we liked the hotel. It was a bit spartan (no shampoo--just a large jar of gym-like orange soap for body and hair), but very cute and clean with super friendly staff and an excellent location.

However, before I start posting about Rome, I thought I'd do a quick summary post on what we did in Berlin.

We spent one full day in Berlin, during which we took a four hour walking tour of parts of what used to be Eastern Berlin.
On Tuesday we headed to Kreuzberg, a district of Berlin that is predominantly Turkish. We walked through a market which among other things included many fabrics and sewing notions stands. Later we sat down for some excellent Doner Kebabs.

In the two hours we had left in Berlin we headed to Treptower Park to visit the Soviet War Memorial.