Sioned was feeling a bit better this morning, so we left the hotel before 10 towards Checkpoint Charlie. It's a short distance - a five minute walk from the hotel. We spent a good while looking around the museum there which is well worth visiting. From here, we had some breakfast/lunch at a place we later noticed was called Snackpoint Charlie (sigh). After food, we went over to Potsdamer Platz - we took a train the short distance down Willhelmstrasse from our hotel at Anhalterstrasse since Sioned was still feeling a bit iffy. After a brief look around here - the display about the wall, the Sony Centre and so on, we decided to try and make our way to Brandenburg Gate. This didn't go too well. I wasn't too sure where it was - we ended up back at the hotel and I popped the location into the GPS. 1.7kms. Hm. It must be close. It was about 200 yards from where we were stood. (sighs again)

We eventually parked up and had a brief look at the gate, before deciding to get on a rather warm looking sightseeing bus. It was cold, and raining - this would take us around the places without having to get too wet. Woo. TBH, the guide was pretty good and was able to relay what we were seeing to us very well. A few of the places, we went back to a bit later on to get a better look - the Berliner Dom (Berlin Cathedral) and also the Fernsehturm Berlin (Berlin TV Tower). I visited the TV tower on my own, but the queue there was pretty hefty. There's a viewing platform at just over 200m which is open to the public there - hence the queue. I'm aiming to get back there early tomorrow and see if I can get in then.

By now it was rather late - we'd spent about 2 hours on the sightseeing bus, and a further 45 minutes or so looking at the Cathedral and tower in more detail. Food was in order again. We'd noticed a vegetarian restaurant on our travels, which turned out to pretty much do curry or curry - not what we wanted. A brief wander turned up a top notch Italian (yes, see previous blog entries about the German love of Italian food) which our stomachs told us to settle for.

We had a stop off at a supermarket on the way back - stocking up with supplies for the journey to Hannover tomorrow and a picnic somewhere on the way. Sioned is still feeling a little ill, but is far better than yesterday.