Pergamon Museum & Spree Cruise, Berlin
Pergamon Museum: In the morning of our last full day in Berlin we visited the Pergamon
Museum, located on an island in the Spree, featuring ancient Greek and Mideastern artistic
treasures. The Pergamon is generally regarded as Berlin's top museum.  A great place to visit!
Above is part of the giant altar taken from the Pergamon Greek temple built in the second century BC.
Temple walls at the Pergamon Museum.
Ancient mosaic at the Pergamon Museum, Berlin
A beautifully finished Mesopotamian room at the Pergamon Museum.
Spree Cruise:  After our visit to the fabulous Pergamon Museum we went on a one-hour boat
cruise on the Spree, the river which flows through Berlin.  It was Sunday and a beautiful
warm sunny day,    The shoreline was lined by many modern government buildings, a shoreline
path, and occasional small parks.  Below are a few snapshots.
The top deck of our cruise boat.
Berliners enjoying themselves on the banks of the Spree.
What could this be?
New buildings along the Spree.
After the end of our Spree cruise Virginia and I again strolled down the Unter den Linden
boulevard, through the Brandenburg Gate, through part of the large Tiergarten park and
visited the Sony (described and illustrated on the preceding page).
In the evening our group walked top a Bavarian-style restaurant near our hotel for our
farewell dinner.