65: time to hit the road

After Deutsch class in Wittenberg Platz, we walked through the Tiergarten to Oranienburger Tor. The wind was up; the leaves are falling:

Three important discoveries in Oranienburger Tor:

Da da Falafel:

Cafe Ambulanz:

The Neue Synagogue. This is a spectacular Byzantine structure, a synagogue constructed in the 1880s. Vandalized on Kristalnacht, largely destroyed in WWII, neglected by the DDR, partially restored and made into a memorial in the 2000’s. Must see: