Berlin

Well, we've made it to Berlin - we arrived on Monday afternoon and booked into the Art Apartment. It's quite comfortable and very close to most things.

On Tuesday we hit the Musee Insel and did the Pergamon and the nineteenth century collection in the Alte Gallerie. We also dropped in on Alexander Platz and the Berliner Dom. The Dom looked a great deal better than the last time I was inside it - then it was full of scaffolding.

Yesterday we took a train to Potsdam and wandered in the drizzle to Sans Souci - the gardens were beautiful but there were too many people milling around so we decided not to do the tour of the state apartments.

Today it was back to the Musee Insel to see the Egyptian, Greek and Roman collection - there are some incredible pieces there, including the well-known bust of Nefertiti.

Then this afternoon we wandered by Potsdamer Platz and checked out the Musical Instrument Museum. Unfortunately there was no school tour so we didn't actually get to hear anzthing being plazed, except for an impromptu performance of the well-known Liszt "Liebestraum" by another visitor.

Tomorrow it's off to Leipzig and lots of Bach (we hope).