29 May, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Kirche, Bernauerstraße, German Historical Museum

On Sunday, those of us who wanted to had the opportunity to attend Protestant services at the famous Kaiser-Wilhelm Memorial Church. The original church was bombed out during the Second World War. The ruins of this church still stand in Berlin as a momument to peace. On the same grounds stand the modern church.

After a brief pause for lunch, the entire group came together and we traveled to Bernauer Street. Here a section of the Berlin Wall still stands as a reminder of how the Cold War separated families, friends, and in this neighborhood, members of a church congregation from one another.

During the late afternoon, we had a personal tour of the German Historical Museum, and then went to the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood for a different taste of German food.

Gästehaus Berlin Mitte -- a large, long building

Directly across from Gästehaus Berlin Mitte is the most expensive construction site in Germany: the new site of Germany's Bundesnachrichten Dienst, equivalent of the US CIA. We were in a very secure neighborhood!

Waiting for our train on Sunday morning...just two more minutes!

Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtnis-Kirche is not visible behind its protective covering. Repairs and maintenance are necessary to assure that the ruins of the old church are safe.

The view one usually has of the old and new churches.

Before church services began. We attended confirmation service, a special occasion to be sure.

Rare glimpse of an CV2 Citroen, with a soft top!

In Bahnhof Friedrichsstraße

Berlin Wall Memorial in memory of the divided city, 13 August 1961 to 9 November 1989
and in memory of the victims of Communist terror.

Before and now

Looking from the east side of the Wall toward the west.

Outline of the Versöhnungskirche/Church of Reconciliation that was destroyed in the 1980s by the GDR authorities
In the background, the new church

A congregation divided by the Berlin Wall

We are one People (German Historical Museum)

German Historical Museum, inner courtyard

Gutenberg Bibel / Gutenberg Bible

A Knight's Armor

Doctor's mask for visiting bubonic plague patients

Sultan's tent

Examples of how the average person in the 19th century would have lived

Never again war! by Käthe Kollwitz, early 1920s

Berlin Cathedral in early evening

In Prenzlauer Berg

Some of the delicious Indian food we ate on Sunday evening