This brick paving is a reminder of where the Berlin Wall used to be and streches all around west Berlin.

To the left of the woman in the red coat is where the thousand year reich came to a premature end. The fuhrer bunker or what is left of it is underneath the grass. Behind it are the houses given to East Germany`s favorites such as Katarina Witt when the pleased the regime. According to our guide the houses are cold and not well insulated from the sound.

This is the jewish monument in Berlin concerning the holocost. The monument has caused a great deal of controversy partly because there was little information on the holocost present until the German government put its foot down and partly because the large German company that provided the chemical to safeguard this prime graffiti territory also supplied Zyklon B for use in the gas chambers.

This is one of many parks in Berlin. This one has a monument recently installed to the homosexual victims of the Nazis.

This Russian monument is in West Berlin. Built before the Russians handed the area over to the western allies it is the site of enormous numbers of Russian burials. The western allies left the area intact after taking over.

Here is a photo of us taken outside the Riechstag building. The day we were there Germany wazs selecting its Chancellor. While Angela Merkel was expected to be elected all interest centred on how many of her own party would vote against her in protest.

Matt in a Trabant the symbol of the fall of Iron Curtin at the Berlin Story Museum.