Day 8 - Touring Berlin, Germany by bike and foot.

Morning in the Teirgarten (large central park in Berlin)	Flowers in the Teirgarten	WWII Russian war monument	Bandenburg Gate (Napoleon passed through it in 1806)
Brandenburg Gate	Looking through the Brandenburg Gate to the Victory Monument in the Teirgarten	U.S.A. Embassy	Brandenburg Gate reflections
Reichstag (German Parlament Building)	Strange characters wanting their photo taken with you (for cash, of course)	Tourboats on a Canal in Berlin	Flea Market along a street
Beer Stiens (we are in Germany afterall!)	Brenda doing some shopping	Odd patches to find in Berlin	German U-boat books
Checkpoint Charlie (previous border crossing between East & West Berlin)	Checkpoint Charlie (previous border crossing between East & West Berlin)	McDonalds balcony view of Checkpoint Charlie (now just a tourist trap)	Marking in sidewalk depicts location of the Berlin Wall
Mid 1960s view of Checkpoint Charlie	Friedrichstadtkirche (French Church of Friedrichstadt)	Inside the Berlin Hilton (for a rest room break)	This band's van must of broke down?
Pretzel Delivery	National Museum	Führungsakademie für Kirche	The Cathedral in the late 1930s
Führungsakademie für Kirche	Führungsakademie für Kirche	St. Mary's Church (TV Tower in background)	Interior of St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Church	Distant View of St. Mary's Steeple	St. Nicholas Catholic Church (built around 1220)	St. Nicholas Catholic Church
Government Building	Bombed out remains of Franciscian Monastery (originally built in 1250)	Bombed out remains of Franciscian Monastery	Bombed out remains of Franciscian Monastery
Typical architecture in the old East Berlin	Monument to Ludwig van Beethoven (in the Tiergarten)	Enjoying an evening paddle	Riding in the Tiergarten
Amazing musician in the park	Nice setting for a mini-concert	Victory Column	Monument to Otto van Bismarck
Siegfried forging the imperial sword on the Bismarck monument	Large size of the monument	WWII battle damage to the Bismarck monument	Presidential Palace
Presidential Palace	Section of the Berlin Wall	Mr. German Leather 2011	Thankfully our GPS unit spoke English!