[Leica] re: Visiting Berlin

[dnygr at cshore.com (Douglas Nygren)]

Douglas is right when he says public transportation in Berlin is 
fantastic. The city is as well.

The travel guides will tell you about the big museums. Two small ones 
worth visiting are the K?the Kohlwitz museum on die Fasanstra?e just 
off the Kurf?rstendamm in the old West Berlin. Next door is a great 
cafe for coffee, cake, beer, or something more substantial to eat. Of 
note: on the otherside of the Kurf?rstendamm and up a street is a 
camera store worth visiting. There is another in the former East Berlin 
near Alexander Platz (square).

I'd also recommend the Max Lieberman museum which is located on the 
Wannsee on Berlin's western edge and next to Potsdam. Getting to the 
museum by bus would give you a chance to look at the city beyond the 
usual tourist spots.

And finally, I'd recommend you stay in Berlin a month or more. There's 
lots to see and do and as Douglas points out there are lots of nearby 
places to visit. Leipzig is about an hour away by train. Stralsund to 
the north is further, but it is worth traveling to. Take the water 
ferry to the island of Hiddensee. It takes a couple of hours to get 
there. The island is fun to visit and the trip back is amazing as the 
city emerges from the water, or at least seems to.

Doug