Thursday, May 03, 2007

Berlin, Germany

It's exactly one year ago that I started this blog as a run up for my take off to the world ... and today I am in Berlin. After a couple of days in Mittweida, Danny took me to Berlin to visit some of his friends.

In the background you can see the hughe television tower of Alexanderplatz.
The TV tower, known as the Fernsehturm or the Tele-spargel (toothpick) is one of the largest structures in Europe. The total length to the top of the spire is 365m or 1197 ft. It was built in 1969 by a team of architects with the help of Swedish experts. It contains a concrete shaft, a steel-cladded metal sphere and a TV antenna. The sphere contains a revolving restaurant (Telecafé) at 207m and a viewing platform at a height of 203m.