jephmat: (Berlin)
jephmat ([personal profile] jephmat) wrote2008-10-31 08:09 am

Der FernsehTurm and a pair of lost photos.

One of the things I decided to do this time around was go up in Berlin's gigante' FernsehTurm. (TV Tower.) It's got an observation deck and even a rotating cafe'!



Behold! It's really frickin' tall!





A view from above. This thing is WAY higher than the St Nikolai tower in Hamburg! In order to get this view, you had to wait to take a tiny, wobbly elevator up to the top. The staff make sure that only a certain number of people are ever high up at one time, so it doesn't get too crowded and people start fighting for viewing space. It's 9 Euros for adults to go up, but it's defintely worth it!



Wasn't exactly the easiest excursion for me. I have a fear of heights. Well, I don't actually have a fear of heights per se, it's more like I have a fear of falling from a really high distance and going splat!



Hello! Me high up.

A few more vacation pics:



Behold! The Berliner Dom! Yet another cake-or-death edifice in Germany. They have a lot of them here. It's a Cathedral that looks older than it actually is. Again, why can't we do ultra fancy goth here in the US?

I misplaced a couple of piccies on my laptop, having copied them to the wrong folder. Only recently found them. Here's a couple:



Another view of Pfaueninsel. It's a great place to go for a nice, Relaxing zen-like walk.



Here's the Wannsee Conference building that I talked about earlier, the meeting place for Nazi brass to discuss the Nazi's "Final Solution". It's now a holocaust memorial. Brace yourself for this exhibit, should you decide to see it, especially if you're not all that knowledgeable about the holocaust.



The Pfaueninsel river.



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[identity profile] jvmatucha.livejournal.com 2008-11-02 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd definitely recommend it! make it your destination if you have to flee the country.

[identity profile] rubygloomrox.livejournal.com 2008-11-02 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
My destination is more likely to be Wales or Amsterdam. Possibly London. I have to know someone....I've pretty much lost touch with family in Germany.