When my friends were in town last week, I finally got out and did some more touristy things around Berlin. We walked along part of the wall, covered with colorful murals...
...walked through Checkpoint Charlie...
...and saw the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. It is quite striking; the church was almost totally destroyed by bombs, but they left the one remaining tower as a memorial. (Part of the outside is under renovation.)
The ceiling of the inner lobby has a beautiful mosaic. We read that even after it was bombed, in November, the citizens cleaned it out enough to hold a service there on Christmas Eve.
For dinner, we headed to the Yellow Sunshine Vegetarian Diner to try a vegan version of the ubiquitous currywurst. I have to say, I was underwhelmed. It was just a soy sausage with some ketchup and a barely detectable sprinkling of curry powder. Not a lot of effort was expended here.
The fries, however, were great, and the vegetarian bacon cheeseburger was fabulous - probably the best veggie burger I've ever had. It was moist and flavorful, with a satisfying savoriness that stood out among vegetable proteins aspiring to meatiness. I'd happily go back for another.
For dessert, we had a not-particularly-German-but-delicious-nonetheless waffle with ice cream.
Hard to go wrong there.
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