Woke up to a lovely morning fresh but fine so far. Activities get underway a little later this am. Off to see Checkpoint Charlie and museum today, then free time for the rest of the day. Checkpoint Charlie......... If only we could see inside the minds of some people! Amazing to think that this stupidty actually took place in our lifetime. Is it any wonder the DDP (Communist Party) went broke in East Berlin and surcombed to people power in 1989. The cost of const...

Roads in Germany no longer have unrestricted speed limits. Most of the roads in Germany are still the roads that were comstructed by Hitler in the 1930's. Remarkable! Arrived at hotel - The Ritz Carlton Wow! Very swank, best dress up tonight for dinner! The hotel sits in the middle of where the Berlin Wall used to run, just snuck into the West side! Lucky! Stopped this pm on the way here and saw and photographed the graffitti on the remaining part of the wall (se...