My verdict - Berlin does good coffee
The Martin-Gropius-Bau Art Museum
Located on the site of the Gestapo & SS headquarters, the museum is a timeline of the Nazi era
A wall of index cards created for investigations into the 7000+ employees of the Reich Main Security Office. These investigations, which only began in 1963, brought charges against 16 RMSO members; only 3 received a sentence, none served the full sentence
24 members of the Einsatzgruppen - SS mobile death squad - who were trialled for their crimes. The benign faces of evil
Parts of an original building
The museum also has a piece of the Berlin Wall on site
A visit to the Spy Museum
Encryption machine
Lipstick gun and glass eyeball container
Information containers hidden in cigarettes
Incredibly tiny cameras
An umbrella to administer poison
Two of the more recent cases of political assassination using poisoning
There was also a 'fictional' James Bond section. These are the clothes and face mould of the character Jaws. Next to his clothes are those worn by the character Nick Nack
Kate & Luke got to try evading a laser beam security system
Kate
Luke awaiting his turn
Luke as seen via heat detection imaging
Kate
This is the site of Hitler's bunker
The Berlin Holocaust Memorial
Anastasia wasn't keen to try this
Something was happening at the Brandenburg Gate
It was the President of Nigeria (guy with the blue hat) and his entourage
The Reichstag
Another example of the unique Berlin train station
Last night the moon decided to compete with the Television Tower during Berlin's Festival of Lights. This was taken from the living room of our apartment
Whatever happened to Sydney's sparrows?
A visit to the Alexanderplatz markets
Wet and a mild 5 degrees. It got down to 3 degrees when we were out and about a couple of days ago
Berlin is getting ready for Halloween
Mushrooms and sauerkraut
This guy is now an icon of Berlin
The venue for dinner tonight is in here
Good night, Berlin. We have had a blast
