On the weekend I...
Check out these bread rolls (or Schrippen as the Berliners call them). One of the many numerous bakeries near my flat makes them with these cute little love hearts on top. It's a chain store actually, so you can get them everywhere. Not bad for 27 eurocents a piece. On this day i couldn"t decide between the 3 types of cheese currently residing in my fridge and leberwurst. So with two rolls cut in half, it's a lucky thing i then had four surfaces to put stuff onto.


The main Highlight of my weekend was a guided tour of the Reichstag (german parliament).
This is the main room where parliament is held. Of course being a Saturday, Parliament was not in session, but you can register to go and sit in on an hour of Parliament. The big eagle is called the Adler. This version of it is commonly refered to as the Fetter Hahn (fat hen). On the reverse side is a much friendlier and slimmer looking version, though it's colloquial name escapes me at the moment.


The front of the Reichstag, with it's famous slogan "Dem Deutschen Volke" (for the german people). Ironically the jewish family which made those letters was all but obliterated during the Second World War.







The Cupola as seen from below. The cone is supposed to do something for accoustics, and is also covered in mirrors to reflect the suns light down into the parliament.


And one rather crappy photo of me at the top of the Cupola. I asked a girl to take a photo for me, and couldn't really ask her for another. It's just before 5pm, and really was this dark. I'm actually standing in front of the German flag, and i think you can just make out the DB building (Deutsche Bahn = german national railway) in the background.