Today was a slow day, at least when it comes to sightseeing. We strolled around the Alexanderplatz area, which was crawling with tourists. So, all we have to offer in terms of pictures today are these two:
A view from Muehlendamm street bridge over the Spree river onto Berliner Dom, which was a royal court church, and now is a church and a museum. It's not as old as it seems, built in 1905. The neat trick the Germans implement to be able to charge entrance fee into every church is - they turn it into a museum. So, while one is not supposed to pay to worship, you can't walk around without paying. But then, they charge for toilets throughout the town too. Makes it an expensive business, if one has a weak bladder.
We couldn't resist the alignment of the two towers--the red a tower on Berliner Rathaus (the city hall), and the steel Ferneshturm (TV tower), which is also the tallest building in Germany. No, we didn't go up (yet).
In the evening we visited the exhibition of polaroids taken by Helmut Newton, famous fashion/erotic photographer, who was born in Berlin. He started his foundation here and left a body of work to his birthtown to display. Unfortunately, we can't share that experience here, but we'd be happy to talk about it in person.
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