Berlin

Berlin
Brandenburg gate reopening
Great timing
What a treat
Walking tour
Much to see
What a buzz
Wide eyes
Take it in
Keep up
Hear history sing

13th century
City of enlightenment
Under Prussia’s
Fredrick the Great
1806
Napoleon’s in
Industrial revolution
German Empire Begins
Weimar Republic
Roaring 20s
Berlins delight
Third Reich
‘61 the wall
’89 it’s down
Reunification
German unity

Now
Industry’s booming
72 cranes in the air
Cobblestones under foot
Defies what you see up there
Nike
Speaks of victory
Quadriga and Victoria too
All celebrated in the reopening

History speaks
Check point Charlie
Jewish memorial
Holocaust museum
Keeps it real

Atmosphere electric
The place is abuzz
Clinton gives the nod
The gate is open
The city delights

Monuments
Architecture
History-steeped
Art
Culture
Cathedrals
Berliner Dom
Grooves and moves
Through the night gyrate
Matrix night club all the rage
Tiergarten
Hamburger Bahnhof
Museum for the present
Neoclassical
Exhibit