TOURING MUSEUM ISLAND AND CHECKPOINT CHARLIE - BERLIN, GERMANY 2019

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

TODAY WE HAVE TWO PLACES TO VISIT!!!  MY FIRST STOP IS "MUSEUM ISLAND"

LINK--->MUSEUM ISLAND

LINK--->MORE INFO ON MUSEUM ISLAND

THE ISLAND HAS 5 DIFFERENT MUSEUMS TO TOUR AND WE CHOSE, "THE ALTE NATIONALGALERIE"

LINK--->ALTE NATIONALGALERIE

"THE ALTE NATIONALGALERIE"

     

     

          

     

     

     

IF I TOOK PICS OF EVERYTHING THAT I SAW, IT WOULDN'T EVEN DESCRIBE WHAT THIS VAST MUSEUM HAS TO SHOW, THE AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURES AND PAINTINGS  DATING BACK MANY CENTURIES AGO IS IMMACULATE!!!

I POSTED SOME OF MY FAVORITES TO SHARE.

ALTES MUSEUM

THE "ALTES MUSEUM"(LINK--->ALTES MUSEUM) WAS THE NEXT ONE I WANTED TO SEE BUT BECAUSE THE SUN WAS SETTING, WE WANTED TO GO TO ANOTHER PLACE TO SEE BEFORE IT GETS TOO DARK.  I WILL RETURN TO MUSEUM ISLAND ON MY NEXT VISIT.

HUMBOLDT FORUM

THE "HUMBOLDT FORUM" IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND UPGRADES AND IS SCHEDULED TO REOPEN IN 2020.

LINK--->HUMBOLDT FORUM

IT WAS INDEED AN AWESOME SIGHT TO SEE THESE AMAZING ARCHITECTS AND I CAN'T WAIT TO RETURN IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO VISIT THE OTHER MUSEUMS.

AND OF COURSE I HAD TO GET PICTURE OF THIS FAMOUS LANDMARK, THE "FERNSEHTURM BERLIN"

LINK--->FERNSEHTURM BERLIN

The tower has become one of the most prominent symbols of the country and is often in the establishing shot of films set in Berlin, alongside monuments such as the Brandenburg Gate, the Berlin Victory Column and the Reichstag building. It is also one of the ten most popular attractions in Germany with more than 1,000,000 visitors every year.

FERNSEHTURM BERLIN

SNACKTIME FOR CURRYWURST, FRIES, AND A COKE!!!

     

WE CONTINUED ON TO THE SUBWAY AND PAST BY SOME COOL PLACES.

AND WE HAVE ARRIVED TO OUR NEXT LOCATION!!!

"CHECKPOINT CHARLIE"

LINK--->CHECKPOINT CHARLIE

     

AS A KID WATCHING COLD WAR FILMS DURING THE 70'S AND 80'S, "CHECKPOINT CHARLIE" WAS A POPULAR NAME IF IT INVOLVED BERLIN, GERMANY.  AND I SAID TO MYSELF THAT ONE DAY I WANT TO GO THERE AND SEE IT FOR MYSELF.

AND I'M NOW AWARE OF THE CHANGES AND TRUTHS TO THE REAL CHECKPOINT CHARLIE VERSUS THE PRESENT, BUT STILL I WAS HAPPY AND I ACCOMPLISHED A CHILDHOOD PROMISE.

I GOT MY PASSPORT STAMPED FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND TOOK A PIC WITH THE GUARD AND CROSSED BACK AND FORTH.

I DID IT!!!

     

THESE PILLARS ARE FROM THE BERLIN WALL THAT SEPARATED THE EAST AND WEST.

MORE ON THAT ON MY FUTURE BLOGGING.

AND NOW WE ARE HUNGRY AND FOUND A NEARBY TAPAS RESTAURANT, "BARCELONA TAPAS"

LINK--->BARCELONA TAPAS BAR & RESTAURANT 

AND VODKA!!!

          

WHO DOESN'T LOVE CUSTARD???

AND THAT WAS IT FOR THE DAY AND NIGHT.  ANOTHER WELL SPEND DAY IN BERLIN ENJOYING ITS ARTS AND HISTORY!!!

TO BE CONTINUED...

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SOLO TRAVEL FOR THE DAY TO POTSDAM, GERMANY 2019

ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

AFTER MY EMOTIONAL TOUR AT BOTH MEMORIALS FROM MY LAST BLOG, I DECIDED TO MAKE A VIDEO SLIDESHOW.  ENJOY!!!

SO ANOTHER EARLY MORNING WAKE UP FOR ME BECAUSE I'M HEADING DOWN TO POTSDAM, GERMANY!!!

BEHIND ME IS THE "KAISER WILHELM MEMORIAL CHURCH"(LINK--->Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church), IT'S AN OLD PROTESTANT CHURCH BUILT IN 1890 AND THEN LEFT FOR RUINS AFTER THE BOMBINGS IN 1943 FROM WORLD WAR II, IT WAS NOT REBUILT AS A REMINDER OF THE WAR.

I CONTINUED ONWARD TO THE TRAIN STATION AND GOT MY A ROUNDTRIP TICKET, THERE WAS A LITTLE FLOWER SHOP AND I GOT A DOZEN OF MIX AND MATCH FLOWERS TO GIVE TO STRANGERS WHEN I HAVE QUESTIONS AND NEED DIRECTIONS.

FREE FLOWERS & CUDDLES!!!

POTSDAM, GERMANY HERE I COME!!!

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL 45 MINUTES RIDE, THE TRAIN WASN'T VERY CROWDED AT ALL.  I LITERALLY HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO WHEN I ARRIVE.

I SOON AS GOT OFF THE TRAIN, I HEADED TO A NEARBY PASTRY SHOP.

BLUEBERRY COBBLER!!!

I ASKED THE LADY AT THE PASTRY SHOP WHERE SHOULD I GO FOR A DAY TOUR, AND SHE RECOMMENDED SEVERAL PLACES AND SHE GOT A TULIP AND A CUDDLE FROM ME.

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SO I CHOSE TO GO SEE THE "SANSSOUCI PALACE".

LINK--->SANSSOUCI PALACE

LINK--->THE HISTORY OF SANSSOUCI PALACE

AS SOON AS I ARRIVED, THIS WAS PLACE WAS HUGE!!!

     

FREDRICK THE GREAT, THE KING OF PRUSSIA LIVED HERE.  I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL THIS PLACE IS DURING THE SUMMER!!!

HISTORIC MILL OF SANSSOUCI

LINK--->Historic Mill of Sanssouci

I CONTINUED TO WALK TOWARDS THE GARDENS, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T BLOOMING, IT STILL WAS BEAUTIFUL TO WALK THROUGH.

APOLLO THE ARCHER

BOTANICAL GARDEN

 I NEED TO COMEBACK DURING THE SUMMER!!!

NEUES PALAIS

LINK--->NEUES PALAIS

LINK--->THE HISTORY BEHIND NEUES PALAIS

THIS ENTIRE CAMPUS IS VERY HUGE AND IT LITERALLY IS AN ALL DAY AND NIGHT TOUR IF YOU WANTED TO SEE EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE INSIDES!!!

BUT THE SUN WAS SETTLING AND I KNEW I HAD TO HEAD BACK SOON BEFORE DARK

I STOPPED AT A NEARBY CAFE TO GET A WARM CUP OF TEA.  TALKED WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE AND GAVE MORE FLOWERS AWAY AND THEN AN ELDERLY MAN CAME TO ME AND ASKED ME WHY WAS I GIVING AWAY FLOWERS, SO I TOLD HIM WHY AND HE SAID IT WAS A VERY KIND DEED.  HE ASKED IF I WAS STAYING IN POTSDAM AND I SAID NO I'M STAYING IN BERLIN AND CAME OVER BY TRAIN.  HE THEN OFFERED ME A RIDE TO THE TRAIN STATION.  I SAID I'D ACCEPT HIS OFFER ONLY IF HE GIVE THESE FLOWERS THAT I HAVE LEFT TO HIS WIFE.  THE LOOK AND REACTION ON HIS FACE WAS PRICELESS AND HEARTFELT AND HE HAPPILY ACCEPTED!!!

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ALOHA A HUI HOU POTSDAM, GERMANY!!!

BACK IN BERLIN!!!

WHAT AN AMAZING DAY I HAD WITH MYSELF.  I DO LOVE TO TRAVEL ALONE BECAUSE I'M FREE AND I LOVE MEETING NEW PEOPLE AND MAKING FRIENDS!!!

HERE'S ANOTHER VIDEO SLIDESHOW OF MY ENTIRE DAY IN POTSDAM,GERMANY!!!



AND THAT CONCLUDES MY AWESOME DAY!!!

TO BE CONTINUED...

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