trip as well. We stayed with Amy's friend Pip, who has a lovely place really near to the heart of Berlin. Both me and Amy were impressed by how lively and vibrant Berlin is as a city. There are a plethora of bars and cafes and we had a great 4 days there.While Amy was in her conference I explored the sights of Berlin. It's quite spread out as a city, so you had to get your bearings and some idea of the geography. I visited the Bauhaus museum - which contained a fair amount of original furniture and architechture and also did a guided walk around the city.
It was fascinating to see how the city has 'merged' since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. A trip up the Reichstag dome (designed by an English architecht!) was possibly the highlight of things that I saw. We did go to a couple of things from the Cold War - a Stasi museum - interesting, and yet chilling(!) as well as a nuclear bunker built in the 1970s in West Berlin (still 'active' today). The bunker had 2 weeks worth of air in it following a nuclear attack - but no plans what you did when your time ran out!!
On a much brighter note Amy got to catch up with a lot of her work colleagues as well as having a splendid Thai meal on Saturday evening...yum!
To read about the Bauhaus Archive in Berlin see this link http://www.bauhaus.de/english/index.htm
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