Berlin for the weekend

To "celebrate" my latest birthday - and officially becoming old - I went with some of the lads to Berlin for the weekend. Beer, sausages and a bit of sightseeing were the order of the day.


Of course I dabbled in a bit of photography too. The Berliner Fernsehturm, known in English as the Television Tower (completed 1969), is one of Berlin's most recognizable sights, so I naturally tried to get it into as many photos as I could. I did contemplate going up it, but after Sears, Hancock, Petronas and Taipei 101, I don't think I was really missing much.






This image just had me thinking of what it must have been like behind the wall in Cold War East Germany. If it wasn't for the brand-spanking new Audi in the shot, it could almost have been 1972.


The German parliament, known as the Bundestag or Reichstag was apparently well worth a visit. Well, we did visit it, but it was freezing and the queue wasn't moving at all so we ditched it in favour of a warm pub. Sightseeing is overrated anyway.


German beers, particularly wheat beers such as Schöfferhofer, are first class!


German sausages - lovely!!


I can never resist the moving tram shot!


Hooded Crows do not occur in London, so it was nice to see that they were abundant in Berlin. Come on, you know I had to get the birds in somehow!!


Saturday night was spent in a cocktail bar! Girly cocktails all round plus a shisha pipe had us entertained for hours before we staggered onto a number of clubs where cheap beers and cute girls (or was it cheap girls and cute beers? - I can't remember) were prevalent. I was accosted by a prostitute at some point, the first time this has happened since my grand journey home last year. I thanked her politely for her interest and sent her packing.


I love Europe!