Tue 28 Jun Jeremy and I went into town (finding a new way each day) and centered our tour around the location of the former Anhalter Bahnhof, once one of Europe's largest train stations and the center of Berlin travel. A few steps away, we toured a massive old air raid shelter that was never torn down. The first floor is a mildly interesting museum and the top floor is a cheesy but incredibly elaborate creep show. We were shown around by a nice young Goth girl, who also introduced us to the woman who is one of the founders of this show.

Then we walked along the location of the old train yards to the amazing Technical Museum, which is essentially built out of the locomotive maintenance shops behind the Anhalter Bahnhof and across the tracks from the old freight station. Visible from where we crossed the Landwehr Canal is the new high-tech wing..

The old locomotive sheds start with the "Day" and "Night" statues that formerly graced the Anhalter Bahnhof. Inside, there are not only the sheds, roundtables, and locomotives themselves, but also a large model of the area as it was before being destroyed in WW II. The model includes the nearby Gleisdreieck (3 rail corner) and the Anhalter Bahnhof itself, as well as the two locomotive sheds. It is clear they are getting ready to turn this model into a functioning model railroad.

We walked around the outside, climed to the top of the Brewery museum, toured the Mitropia exhibit and the technical exhibit, including the world's first programmable computer.

Finally, the new wing is open! And it is a wonderful exhibit that is necessary to visit.. Lots of planes, rockets, and ships to see.

Afterwards, we stopped by the cache of stored old automobilies and walked along the old freight yards where one of the ecological activist groups has their warehouse. At the back is "Pomp Duck", a quirky dinner theater. We then walked way back into the former Alnhalter freight yards looking for the back exit from the deserted old roads. But someone else on a biccyle coming back from that direction let us know there was no way out, so we returned, walking the long way back to Gleisdreieck.

We went over to the Milenstein Cafe on Orangienburgerstr. and had dinner with Birgit. And perhaps we have walked enough to appreciate renting bicycles for the rest of the Berlin stay.