Berlin; Sunday, 04 August, 2013

Breakfast and then check-out. With my luggage in store in the hotel I wandered into town to do a blitz on the museums out on “Museum Island”

I’ve been to Berlin on a number of occasions, and it’s a bit shaming to say that I hadn’t previously visited the spectacular collection of museums that the city has altogether in one location.

I intended on putting this right today, and started with a visit the Alte Nationalgalerie, home to the spectacular art collection that the East German state had put together. From there it was a short walk over to the Neues Museum to take in Egyptology there and then across to the Pergamon museum to see the stunning Pergamon alter and the other massive bits of archaeology that have been recreated in the centre of Berlin.

Then it was just round the block to take in the ancient Greek and Roman art and sculpture in the Altes Museum.

Having museumed myself out, I had about 90 minutes to kill, so as there was one waiting there, I hopped on an open-top bus tour through the city centre to take in the sights sat down.

A full loop later I hopped off the bus near Checkpoint Charlie and caught the U-Bahn back to the hotel to collect my luggage and start the journey back home.