It was absolutely lovely to be in Berlin again this past weekend. It had been a long time – too long – since my last visit in September 2017. (I didn’t actually realize it had been that long; I blame COVID.) And while much had, of course, changed in those almost six years, many things were still very familiar.
I didn’t follow my normal process for adjusting to the new time zone – it was accidental, the difference between an alarm clock set for PM instead of AM, ugh – so I didn’t have as much time to explore as I had planned. But I made the best of it, saw some of the familiar things and took in some new things too. There is never a lack of things to do and see in Berlin!
Here’s a brief photographic tour of a few things I did during this trip. Enjoy!
One of my favorite views from Panoramapunkt Berlin, showing the Sony Center in the foreground, the Philharmonie – the yellow building in the middle – and the Tiergarten in the background.I consider this the ‘money shot’ view from the Panorama for its inclusion of several famous landmarks in Berlin: the Denkmal fur die Ermordeten Juden Europe’s (the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe); the US Embassy, the Brandenburg Gate; the Reichstag. Of course you have to zoom in on the picture to see them, but they are there!A closer, ground-level view of the Brandenburg Gate; I have to figure out how to reduce the size of my copyright – it’s way too big!A view of the Reichstag, under some sort of renovations; there are always multiple renovations going on at a time in BerlinBeautiful flowers (not sure of the variety) in front of the Soviet War Memorial at the TiergartenIn the TiergartenThe James Bond wall from the Deutsches Spionagemuseum, the German Spy Museum, a cool place to visit in Leipziger PlatzA lovely bookstore located in the Sony Center. It had a small English language section; I bought a book on the history of Berlin.A darling, colorful giraffe made of Legos outside the Legoland Discovery Center, also at / near the Sony CenterA view of the giraffe and the building with the Panoramapunkt viewing terrace from which I first spotted the giraffe
My Take, By Tamara 
Glad to see you are traveling / posting again!!!! Best, EV