Berlin to Prague

Tuesday, April 30, 2019.  We had another great, relaxing (4 1/2 hour) train ride.  Unfortunately, because we have experienced a lot of motion sickness on trains, we each took a dramamine and didn't look out the window much.  The little I did peak out was beautiful though!

We are staying in Prague's old town.  Seems to be a perfect location.  And the apartment is, as Haughton says, "very grand!"  Very different than everywhere else we have stayed.

We arrived at the apartment at 4:45 and got settled.  The kids had fun playing chess (Although not against each other; I was unclear of the rules, but they were having fun), and I scoped out the neighborhood (trying to find a little grocery store) for about 45 minutes.  I then came back and we all went to a yummy Italian dinner.  Haughton ordered two full meals.  Growing boy!

Uno at the train station

Our new living room

The kids' room

My room

Our kitchen

Out to dinner

Good-bye to Greg and the Pergamonmuseum

Monday, April 29, 2019.  Wow, saying good-bye was hard.  We had such a great time with Greg / Dad!!!  We had a relaxing morning hanging out before he left - Uno, tickle games, and just hanging.

In the afternoon, we headed to the Pergamonmuseum, which Haughton was particularly excited to see.  They are doing some construction, so the Pergamon alter was closed (which was a bummer), but we still saw the Ishtar Gate of Babylon (6th century BC) and a panorama of Pergamon.  Very cool stuff.

The kids are happy, I am about to pack, and although we miss Greg, we are looking forward to Prague tomorrow.

The pictures do not give this panorama justice.

The Pergamon alter (as part of the panorama)

Istar Gate of Babylon

Reichstag Dome, Berlin Wall Memorial, out to late lunch

Sunday, April 28, 2019.  The Reichstag Dome was even better than I expected.  And it came with an excellent audio tour - telling us about the City and the government.  It sensed where you were in the dome and told you about what you were looking at.  Like magic :)

We then went to the Berlin Wall Memorial.  Much of it was outside, but there was also a small, inside information center.  Rick Steves gave it high marks, and we agree.  It was great!

It was much cooler today and a little rainy.  We then grabbed a cab back to the apartment, relaxed and went to a late lunch / early dinner at the Italian place we ate our first night.  We also played Uno again :)

We ended the day with our traditional Sunday night "movie night" -- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.  Although the kids and I had watched it on the plane, Greg hadn't seen it.  A fun evening was had by all.

German History Museum and around town

Saturday, April 27, 2019.  Today we went to the German History Museum.  It covers about 1500 years of history and is excellent.  We took a lunch break and then continued.  There was a lot to see!

Later, we wondered the streets and enjoyed a frozen yogurt (but the vanilla was black; is that normal in Germany?!).

On the tram to the German History Museum

Cool trees!

Beginning of the museum

Haughton took a class on Charlemagne earlier this year, so fun to see him here!

Louis XIV

Lots of photos!

Fun with spinners!

Fantastic street performance