Another Angle on the Alexanderplatz

For the two plus days that we were in Berlin we traversed through the Alexanderplatz numerous times. Each time we tried to see and photograph the top of the tall TV tower on the edge of the square. The Germans call it the "Fernsehturm" or the "Tele-spargel" (toothpick). Every day low-lieing clouds obscured the pinnacle. You can just barely see the bottom half of it in the center of this photo. That big building to the right is the C&A department store which seems to exist in every German city and medium-sized town.

Day One - Arrival in Berlin

December 20th 2007
The flight to Frankfurt was uneventful except for the fact that we arrived there too late to catch our connecting plane to Berlin. Fortunately, shuttle flights seem to run nearly every hour between the two cities so we simply boarded a half empty Airbus leaving an hour later. My painstaking research paid-off well on our arrival in Tegel Airport. After clearing customs and immigration quickly, ... read more

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