Berlin Day 2

Day two we decided to drive since it was over 100 degrees. We found this cool bell tower when we were looking for a parking place.

One of the most popular places to visit in Berlin is the dome. This is a beautiful building with amazing scultures.

We didn't go in, the wait was over an hour and we didn't get tickets beforehand. 

It was still such an amazing thing to see however.

One of the most exciting things to see however was the Brandenburg Gate.

It was so incredible to see it in person.

We didn't know that this isn't the original though, that was destroyed and rebuilt.

Inside every passage, of archway there are pictures depicting a story.

Kaelyn fell asleep in the carrier, as I was meandering to keep her asleep while Nick took pictures, an Oriental tourist followed me around to take a picture of Kaelyn. I thought I was in her way so I headed the other direction but Nick said that she just kept following me.

We saw this beautiful statue in a picture and with a little help, we found it. It was in the middle of a traffic circle so we didn't get out to look at it, but we got some pretty good pictures from that car.

There were probably five stop lights around it, Nick said that it was designed for tourists to look and take pictures as they drive around.

We headed over the the Sony center for lunch, this is where they do all of the movie premiers and red carpet events in Germany.

With full bellies and tired feet, we headed back to the hotel for a nice nap.

Berlin Day One

We left Thursday night for Berlin to stay over 4th of July weekend. We didn't get in until after one in the morning then ready to go again at 7!

We took our bikes so that we wouldn't have to worry about finding parking, and on day one we headed out to Alexanderplatz.

It was 98 degrees, even at 10 in the morning so our first stop once we finally made it was to get some ice cream!

This was seriously the best ice cream I have ever had, William's vanilla tasted like the homemade we use to make when I was little. I got melon and would have been fine to only eat that kind the rest of my life.

Nick was very excited to get here, this was the top of his list.

Although there was some interesting buildings, we both found it to be a bit of a disappointment,

We found a park for the kids to play in for a bit, and just hung out for a while.

We headed out to the next location, a cool market I read about online. Either we never found it or it wasn't anything like people said.

We went back to Alexanderplatz to find some lunch.

We found a great Italian place right on the river, it had the most beautiful views.

It was so hot that the kids didn't really want to eat, and we got a lot of funny looks for the very un-German things we did, like letting William drink out of the bottle,

We headed out again and came across Neptunes fountain, William got in for a minute to cool off, but the metal was so hot, it didn't last long.

We found another fountain to play in, we all soaked our feet and cooled off a little bit.

It was getting late so we headed back to the hotel to get a little rest before heading out for dinner.

Although it wasn't what we expected, we had such an amazing day and having gone to all of these places first, it set everything up for the rest of the trip, making it easier for us to travel.