This morning we caught a train into the centre of Berlin to go on a 3 hour bike tour of Berlin. We were in a nice small group with only one other couple, from England. The weather looked a bit gloomy but we only got a tiny bit of rain! The bike tour took us to the Nikolaikirche (the oldest building in Berlin), Hackescher Markt, the Reichstag building, The Berlin Wall Memorial, Brandenburg Gate, the Victory Column, the Gendarmenmarkt with the German and French cathedrals and the Konzerthaus. It was great - we learnt heaps of history particularly about the Berlin Wall. Kate only had one little accident on the bike - there was a bit where there were a few poles in the ground so we had to cycle between them but Kate couldn't decide whether to go on the left or right side so ended up slowing down a bit and then hitting the middle pole head on!! Calvin couldn't stop laughing and then Kate was laughing too, albeit with a bit of a sore shin! Kate also had sore legs as she has been cycling in gear 7 for over half of the journey before figuring out how to change the gear (it wasn't how she was used to with older bikes!) which then made her life a bit easier! After the bike tour it was time for lunch. Kate bought a hot dog from the sausage guy in the centre of Alexanderplatz. We then went to a kebab shop where Calvin had a döner kebab and Kate had some chips. Kate bought a bottle of water as she didn't fill hers up in the morning as she had dreamt that you couldn't drink Berlin water (but only realised it was a dream later tonight)! After lunch (and then a Berliner donut) we took the train to the Reichstag building to try and get tickets to go up in the dome - the earliest we could get tickets was for 6:30 pm. We then went to the Holocaust Memorial which was really nice. Kate's legs were pretty tired at this stage so she had a few sit downs. We then headed over to the shopping centre in Potsdamer Platz to have a look around and keep warm until our 6:30 pm appointment! We walked to the Reichstag building to go up to the dome. It was a pretty impressive glass dome which we walked along a ramp to the top. In the middle is a mirrored spike/funnel which has several purposes including bringing natural light into the plenary chamber and also symbolises the public being able to look and scrutinise German politicians and their decisions - a reminder of how transparent German democracy should be. We had an audio guide which was great as it gave us a history of the buildings we could see from the dome. From the dome, you can look down on where parliament sits and you can watch what's happening (all we could see was lots of blue chairs at that time of night though). We then took the train and then bus back home - the bus dropped us off right outside our door which we were so happy about! We were a bit over walking at this stage! We cooked dinner at home tonight - bit of a late dinner but it was worth the wait - yummy veggie soup!