Gendarmenmarkt Square

After the Underground tour we went to lunch at an Arabian restaurant. It was the first time Nicole had been there and it was an experience that we enjoyed but we would not dine there again.

Following lunch we went Gendarmenmarkt Square. All I can say is WOW!

Gendarmenmarkt Square is the area where all the fancy hotels are located, for example my aunt's favorite, The Hilton. The square was named after the Gens d'Armes, a Prussian regiment of the 18th Century. These people were mainly French who were kicked of out france in 1685. They used one of the churches as their house of worship that is located in the square. By looking at the square you would never guess that it was damaged in WWII. It has been restored to its original state.

 The Deutscher Dome is a German church built in 1708. It didn't originally have this much charm, but in 1785 Carl von Gontard helped in making the Dome what it is now. The detail work is amazing on this church! Could you imagine going here every Sunday? 

As you can see in the photo it is a very cold winter day in Berlin and everyone is bundled up, including me. Today I wore a coat, gloves, a stocking hat (home made by my grandma-thanks grandma), a scarf, jeans, leggings, two hoods, and three shirts and believe it or not I was STILL freezing!

 This is a statue of Schiller Denkmal. He is supposedly somebody famous. An artist or something...I think I'll google him later. His name is on the statue though so he must be important.

. This is the Konzerthaus Berlin Building. It stated as the Schauspielhaus, but then it burnt down. It kept its walls and columns that survived teh fire and added some special touches to make it the building it is today.

Here is the Franzosischer Dom. It is almost identical to the Deutscher Dom (don't worry I didn't post the same picture twice =P ). We climbed all the way to the top to lookout above the square. It was very high and 3 Euros, but totally worth the experience.

On our clime up to the top of the Franzosischer Dom there was an Art Exhibition by Simone Ghera, which consisted of photographs of different dancers in different famous cities. I snapped a couple shots of his work that we got to see throughout the church. You can look at more of his work at www.simonegheraphotography.com.