Today we had two little outings with Brigita.
In the morning after breakfast, we headed via u-bahn to the Museuminsel, to check out one of the museums. We tried first to go to the Neues Museum, but the line to buy tickets was insanely long. We decided instead to go to the Altes Museum. The line was a lot shorter. Oddly enough, they actually sell tickets for the Neues Museum, so we got a few and went there instead.
The Neues Museum is famous for its ancient Egyptian art, including a famous bust of Nefertiti. I got a lot of cool pics (below are a few), but they didn't let me photograph Nefertiti herself. Oh well. I'm sure it's online somewhere.
This is actually a real piece of "The Book of the Dead"
Of course it wouldn't be Egypt without a Sarcophagus
After finishing at the Museum, we headed back home and took a short siesta. We decided later on to go to KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens, Department Store of the West), which is an incredibly famous store in Berlin.
The store itself is 7 stories tall. Each story has different stuff, ranging from all types of women's fashion, men's fashion, shoes, kitchen appliances, home furnishings, in addition to one whole floor for specialty foods from all over, and then a restaurant/cafe on the top floor. It was quite a sight to behold. Below are a few pics:
We headed back and had dinner soon after. It's still insanely hot out, to the point that we're not even eating hot dinners, instead having lots of tasty salads.
