Why does the Superbowl start so late?

No way were we staying up until midnight thirty to watch the game kick off. But, there are quite a few bars here showing the Superbowl.

Sunday we went to the Reichstag, the German capital building, and walked along the large glass dome on top. Kind of a neat design - the people walk along the top and look down on the government and the politicians look up and see who they work for - the people.

Met a couple of Australian women who were on our Third Reich Tour. They were flying back to London in the evening. We gave them a hard time because they suggested the pub crawl the other night.

Lunch at ARoma, a coffee/sandwich joint with really good bacon, egg salad and tomato sandwiches. Free wi-fi, too, which has proven difficult to find here in the city.

On to Checkpoint Charlie and the Topography of Terror. Two cold-war Berlin wall attractions that are fun to see. The best part was the photo displays along the street with photos from before and after the wall fell. There's a double-coblestone path through the entire city that marks the location of where the wall once stood.

Went looking for a bookstore afterwards. It was more of a souvenir shop than book store. It's called Berlin Story and is on Unter den Linden street near the Brandenburg Gate. We went to Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts for a snack.

Did some more walking and shopping. Then took bus #100 to Potsdamer Platz. The bus route passes many of the sights in Berlin. Did more walking and shopping and ended up at Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. In our defense, we do live in Italy and our Applebees closed down, so there's nowhere back "home" to get American food. We split the nachos and Twisted Mac & Cheese.

Back to the hotel around 9:30 - it's just too cold out for anything else.

Bud