The red Rathaus (city hall - I don't actually know if it was rebuilt or not)
The giant German Cathedral (giant gorgeous church complete with 7000+ pipe organ and a crypt with dead folk from all the way back to the earky 1600s. Built in1905 but more weathered looking even than --
The Old Church (don't remember it's real name, but it's a tiny church, and also the oldest building in Berlin, built in the 1200s (?), surrounded by an area of houses that were bombed, rebuilt in a modern style, then rebuilt again to resemble the old houses that were there before. Also, there was a miniature book shop. As in tiny books. :D)
The Charlottesburg Castle (more like a château - originally from the 1700s-1800s, but destroyed in the war and then refurbished in the years that followed with original furnishings and newly made stuff to look like the original; absolutely beautiful, home of the German Kings starting around König Frederic I. Also, I wasn't supposed to take pictures but I did anyway and got in trouble, so enjoy)
And on a completely unrelated note, we also visited KaDeWe, Berlin's answer to Harrod's- a giant superfancy department store where you can buy all your diamonds and Chanel and Dior and that is literally all the fancy brands I know, but you get the idea. And on the top floor is the fanciest grocery store you have ever seen, selling mostly chocolate and bread and wine and cheese but also produce and pasta and classy stuff. We got some excellent dried strawberries and kiwis and pineapple and whole bananas (look up dried whole bananas - they look very unappetizing but they taste like banana bread). Afterwards we went to have spargel for dinner - German asparagus, which is huge and thick and white and usually covered in Hollandaise sauce. It was pretty good. :)
Next is Prague. Phew! :)
Harry Potter in German - cool! And a tiny book store - that is neat as well. I have to go there sometime and see this...
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