Art & Architecture Trip - Day 38

We did not do much today - we just went to a citadel outside the city and looked around Berlin. At 1200, after a restless sleep with the loud noises of the street below, Stephan and I got up and prepared to go to the Spandau (an old part of Berlin) with Sabine. We took the U-Bahn to Spandau and got off to walk there. Inside, we saw the remains of a 12th Century fort, a 16th Century citadel and an 18th Century Prussian stronghold. I learned (from an English description on a sign) that the fort was built to defend an old bridge, but that it never served its purpose. It was always surrendered before a shot was fired. The tower on the south-west side is from the 1100s. From it, one can see the Olympic Stadium - and even into the Eastern Sector (DDR). From the citadel, we walked in the city and saw Joachim II's statue in front of one of the first Berlin Protestant churches. We ate supper at 1900 at Sabine's. We went out to a plaza cafe for supper again (2300) when Stephan's father arrived from Herkenrath. I learned tonight that he was a German POW in WWII. Stephan said that we will go to East Berlin tomorrow!!!