Posted on Jan 26, 2013 in Berlin | 0 comments

On January 24, my German-Canadian friend and former business partner G. arrived from Vancouver. She gets a week off from parenting and a fun time in Berlin, I hope!

When we woke up on January 25, we witnessed a rare sunny day here in Berlin. I have been told by Berliners that this winter has been exceptionally dreary — not that I would have noticed. We hopped on the bus tour and stopped at Brandenburg Gate and to tour the Reichstag Cuppola. To some degree, this was a repeat of my sightseeing with Jeff. But instead of going through the Reichstag audio tour again, I did a sketch of it while G. followed the audio guide tour. The sketch is not worth showing here. I have a quality threshold below which I won’t show my drawings, even though it is very low.

We hopped back on the bus and got off on Kurfürstendamm where we visited the KaDeWe and may have gotten a bit side-tracked on shopping. I can’t remember what else we did except that we started the day with a large glass of Prosecco at breakfast, and there may have been more Prosecco consumed in the evening.

Berlin Reichstag

G. and I are touring the famous cupola of the Berlin Reichstag, designed by Sir Norman Foster.

Berlin Reichstag

G. and I are touring the famous cupola of the Berlin Reichstag, designed by Sir Norman Foster.

Berlin Reichstag

G. and I are touring the famous cupola of the Berlin Reichstag, designed by Sir Norman Foster.

Berlin Reichstag

G. and I are touring the famous cupola of the Berlin Reichstag, designed by Sir Norman Foster.

Sculpture about German Reunification on Kurfürstendamm, Berlin

Sculpture about German Reunification on Kurfürstendamm, Berlin.

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