1989

It was 20 years ago that the Berlin Wall went down. 20 years ago there was a huge differens between east and west. Now its not a big difference at all. I was at checkpoint charley today, a must if you are visiting Berlin. A lot of tourists but still good to see

At Checkpoint Charley you can buy pieces of the wall and pay 1 euro to get your picture taken with a fake soldier.. John F Kennedy was at Checkpoint Charley when he visited Berlin. Very touristy but still a place you have to visit. You also have to go to Alexanderplatz, they have sort of an outside museum there about the wall and the dig demonstration that was there in 89.

Berlin has a lot of museums and historical places to visit and it takes forever to walk through the city. If you are there as a tourist I think the best thing to do would be to take a guided tour.

Its a lot of nice shopping areas in Berlin, the nicest one is around the Hackescher Markt, its not far from Alexanderplatz. When I was going back to the hotel today I went to the S-Bahn station at Alexanderplatz. There was a band outside the station playing, there was a lot of people watching and they were really good!

I watched them until the police came and they were not aloud to play anymore...not really sure why..they are called suboptimal and are from Berlin.

Modern art?

Ill spend tomorrow in Berlin too, this city is simply too big to do in one day!

1989 was an important year for Germany and the world. It was also important to me since thats the year I was born :P and it is the year the company im working for started!