Our final excursion of a busy day was to the
Reichstag where we were able to go up to the glass dome that caps the famous building and which is the work of British architect Sir Norman Foster. Nine stops on the U-Bahn took us to Potsdamer Platz, the commercial hub of Berlin and busy in the Film Festival with all of the cinemas nearby.
A walk up towards the Brandenburg Gate gave us a chance to explore the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, regular blocks of varying heights set into a parabolic ground base.
At the Reichstag, having negotiated the high security, we entered to take in the striking views of Berlin outside and the lawmakers' chamber inside. The excellent audio guide gave us an informative explanation of what we were looking at and the design of the building.
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