Berlin Day 2 - Sunday, June 10, 2007

We woke up around 10 am and headed out to meet Frances and Arun. They were running a bit late though, so we had to find food for ourselves. Knowing that we would be having curry-wurst and donne kebab later that day, we gave up and just had some donuts and munchkins from a Dunkin' Donuts! Frances and Arun met us at the Gedenk Church and we headed off, taking the 100 bus to the German Parliament. The Parliament is goregous, with a magnificent new dome placed atop a very old building. Visitors are allowed to go up through the dome throughout the day to get a 360 degree view of Berlin. The building is also located next to the river Spree and the various government buildings have some wild architecture. After the parliament, we went back to the Brandenburg Gate, visited the Holocaust memorial, and saw the remnants of the Berlin Wall.

By this time the four of us were all craving ice cream, so we set off in search of a restaurant that could satisfy our needs. We weren't disappointed! We then stopped in the Tiergarden for a long afternoon session of Doppel-Kopf.

After Arun thoroughly destroyed us in one round of Doko, we headed to "the most beautiful square in the world" according to Frances. We stopped in a chocolate shop that featured some very unique chocolate sculptures, and then stopped for an afternoon drink (and more Doko!). We finished our visit to the square with some cake from Frances' favorite cake shop.

We finished our day with a trip the Turkish quarter for donne kebab and curry wurst. We just missed a jazz street festival, but got the general gist of the whole thing.

Thanks to Frances and Arun for an amazing trip to Berlin!!!