Even though I swear blind that I never go anywhere twice I broke this cardinal rule this year!
I made a return trip to the gritty capital city of Berlin, this time with my mother in tow!!
First up we’re heading straight to the iconic Brandenburg Gate for some obligatory selfies – via the Reichstag building.
This 18th century neoclassical monument is one of the best known landmarks in Berlin.
Then we head to the sombre holocaust memorial ‘Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe’
Seemingly endless rows of concrete blocks make for a banal, yet increasingly oppressive sense of pervading dread.
The further you venture in, the more cut off from the outside world you become.
This eerie and ominous memorial is a stark reminder of the millions of Jewish people murdered during the Nazi’s reign of terror.
The monument is controversial and nearly didn’t get built, but it now stands as a stark, brutal reminder of the inhumanity of mankind.