Eurotrip 2013: Touring and sightseeing around Berlin, Germany from April 12 to 15, 2013.
![Europe 2013 | Berlin Wall](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8405/8685061918_0b1fbe533e_z.jpg)
Four months later, I've rediscovered a few photographic gems from our little Eurotrip, particularly our travels to the cultural capital of Berlin (see parts one here and two here). A few lost misadventures have come flowing back to mind from my beer and meat soaked memories.
![Europe 2013 | Pergamon Museum @ Berlin, Germany](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5450/9682127283_0d065d0579_z.jpg)
Traveller May Pang sitting on the steps of a Pergamon Museum exhibit on Museum Island.
![Europe 2013 | Berlin, Germany](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8123/8659707995_7a827ff783.jpg)
![Europe 2013 | Brandenburg Gate @ Berlin, Germany](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8538/8685065470_98bdbc9c14.jpg)
Fernsehturm tower at Alexanderplatz public square and looking down towards Bradenburg Gate.
![Europe 2013 | Berlin, Germany](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5516/9698316454_19219e268b_z.jpg)
Berlin Cathedral (aka Berliner Dom) built in 1750. Diversity Destroyed (aka Zerstörte Vielfalt, right) wartime memorial apologizing for the Jewish artists and intellectuals driven out of the city before and after 1933 during the Nazi regime. The cultural project commemorating the 80th anniversary of Hitler's ascension to power.
![Europe 2013 | Brandenburg Gate @ Berlin, Germany](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8522/8683948149_110edaa433_z.jpg)
Your Super Mario Bros., Mario and Luigi, for some reason, greeting tourists at Bradenburg.
![Europe 2013 | Berlin, Germany](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8392/8647286651_db28b0f2be.jpg)
![Europe 2013 | Berlin Wall](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8529/8685059054_e665f831b5.jpg)
Breathtaking architecture from Konzerthaus Berlin concert house (left) at Gendarmenmarkt central square located downtown East Berlin. "All in all, you're just another brick in the wall", (Part 2) – Pink Floyd/Roger Waters. A dead on look at what's left of the Berlin Wall (right).
![Europe 2013 | Checkpoint Charlie @ Berlin, Germany](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5451/9698310936_74babc91c2_z.jpg)
Leaving the American side of Checkpoint Charlie, the post WWII East-West German border crossing.
![Europe 2013 | Checkpoint Charlie @ Berlin, Germany](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8531/8648385252_56f31691ab_z.jpg)
"More Walls to Tear Down", a public art installation at Friedrichstraße dedicated to bringing down dictators still in power across the globe.
![Europe 2013 | Pergamon Museum @ Berlin, Germany](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8099/8659694489_33f9e68e76_t.jpg)
![Europe 2013 | Checkpoint Charlie @ Berlin, Germany](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8389/8683944385_16a0c71de4_t.jpg)
![Europe 2013 | Brandenburg Gate @ Berlin, Germany](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2876/9763197425_61f8a9fdd0_t.jpg)
![Europe 2013 | Berlin Wall](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8544/8685060356_2344e4d641_t.jpg)
![Europe 2013 | Berlin, Germany](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8115/8660824272_21e3f1f7e6_t.jpg)
![Europe 2013 | Berlin Wall](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8405/8685061918_0b1fbe533e_z.jpg)
"Berlin combines the culture of New York, the traffic system of Tokyo, the nature of Seattle, and the historical treasures of, well, Berlin." – Hiroshi Motomura
Four months later, I've rediscovered a few photographic gems from our little Eurotrip, particularly our travels to the cultural capital of Berlin (see parts one here and two here). A few lost misadventures have come flowing back to mind from my beer and meat soaked memories.
![Europe 2013 | Pergamon Museum @ Berlin, Germany](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5450/9682127283_0d065d0579_z.jpg)
Traveller May Pang sitting on the steps of a Pergamon Museum exhibit on Museum Island.
![Europe 2013 | Berlin, Germany](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8123/8659707995_7a827ff783.jpg)
![Europe 2013 | Brandenburg Gate @ Berlin, Germany](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8538/8685065470_98bdbc9c14.jpg)
Fernsehturm tower at Alexanderplatz public square and looking down towards Bradenburg Gate.
![Europe 2013 | Berlin, Germany](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5516/9698316454_19219e268b_z.jpg)
Berlin Cathedral (aka Berliner Dom) built in 1750. Diversity Destroyed (aka Zerstörte Vielfalt, right) wartime memorial apologizing for the Jewish artists and intellectuals driven out of the city before and after 1933 during the Nazi regime. The cultural project commemorating the 80th anniversary of Hitler's ascension to power.
![Europe 2013 | Brandenburg Gate @ Berlin, Germany](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8522/8683948149_110edaa433_z.jpg)
Your Super Mario Bros., Mario and Luigi, for some reason, greeting tourists at Bradenburg.
![Europe 2013 | Berlin, Germany](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8392/8647286651_db28b0f2be.jpg)
![Europe 2013 | Berlin Wall](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8529/8685059054_e665f831b5.jpg)
Breathtaking architecture from Konzerthaus Berlin concert house (left) at Gendarmenmarkt central square located downtown East Berlin. "All in all, you're just another brick in the wall", (Part 2) – Pink Floyd/Roger Waters. A dead on look at what's left of the Berlin Wall (right).
![Europe 2013 | Checkpoint Charlie @ Berlin, Germany](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5451/9698310936_74babc91c2_z.jpg)
Leaving the American side of Checkpoint Charlie, the post WWII East-West German border crossing.
![Europe 2013 | Checkpoint Charlie @ Berlin, Germany](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8531/8648385252_56f31691ab_z.jpg)
"More Walls to Tear Down", a public art installation at Friedrichstraße dedicated to bringing down dictators still in power across the globe.
![Europe 2013 | Pergamon Museum @ Berlin, Germany](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8099/8659694489_33f9e68e76_t.jpg)
![Europe 2013 | Checkpoint Charlie @ Berlin, Germany](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8389/8683944385_16a0c71de4_t.jpg)
![Europe 2013 | Brandenburg Gate @ Berlin, Germany](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2876/9763197425_61f8a9fdd0_t.jpg)
![Europe 2013 | Berlin Wall](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8544/8685060356_2344e4d641_t.jpg)
![Europe 2013 | Berlin, Germany](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8115/8660824272_21e3f1f7e6_t.jpg)
![Europe 2013 | Berlin Hauptbahnhof](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8113/8660788718_a3b83de278_t.jpg)
Take me back.
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