Germany-Day 2

I stayed at the Art 'Otel in Berlin, Mitte. A very nice place. Walked around Mitte area of Berlin, went to Checkpoint Charlie and a monument about the Berlin Wall. It was interesting to see the area...but, you can't tell where most of the Berlin wall was. It was taken down and buildings were built up right in its place. I also found out about an intersting little story about a difference between east and west Berlin...the stop-go guy. At traffic intersections, the green "walk" guy (and red "don't-walk" guy) is different looking in east and west Berlin. After the wall came down, the west Berliners wanted all of the traffic guys to be changed to theirs, but the east Berliners faught it and wanted to keep their own guy, which is much more detailed and "uppidy" looking. So, when you're walking around Berlin, you can tell which side of the "wall" you're on by the walk/don't walk green guy ;-)