I had read something about KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens) department store before arriving in Berlin. I had heard that the sixth floor was a sight to see with its large selection of food items, but to be honest, I really wasn’t prepared. Strangely on the Berlin trip I wasn’t in shopping mode which was probably [...]

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We were interested in going to the Berlin Zoo because it claimed to have the largest number of specimens in the world and we thought it would be a good break when many of the museums were closed on Monday (after Easter). Before coming I had read about Knut (that’s pronounced Kah-noot), a little polar [...]

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Wow, Berlin! The afternoon we arrived in Berlin, we had a beautiful blue sky and I walked around in a light jacket, but it soon turned chilly and rainy. With all Berlin’s been through, I felt that a more somber tone was appropriate. Over Easter weekend we were huddled up in thick rain jackets and [...]

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