The Gedachtnis-Kirche (more Berlin)

Ok, so I actually haven't been in Berlin since Thursday but when I came online to write a little about my weekend I realized that I hadn't finished Berlin yet. A quick post about Berlin and maybe I'll get caught up on what I've been doing in the rest of Germany before I go BACK to Berlin on the 29th.

These pictures are from the Gedachtnis-Kirche (the "a" has an umlaut (sp?) on it) which was consecrated at the end of the nineteenth century and bombed during World War II. Most of the church has been removed because it was ruined, but they left the front hall and built a new, very modern-looking, church right next to it. I love this building!



























Mosaics on the ceiling inside. We got there just after it closed so even though the lights were on and there were still people in there, we couldn't go in. The doors are all glass, though, so I was able to peek in and snap this shot.










































Chris!
















This is the new church. It's an octagon. All the sides have this honeycomb-ish surface with stained glass.










You can see through it! There's no glass in that opening, only a mesh barrier. Maybe to keep out birds?














Seen a little while later after dark. Chris and I wandered down the street to the HUGE department store, Ka De We. It's seven stories and each one goes on forever in all directions. We bought some yummy baklava on the food floor (# 7) and walked back by the church while munching. The tower on the right is a free-standing belltower that goes with the modern glass church on the other side.










Kind of creepy-looking?







































In Jules Verne, the restaurant where we ate Wednesda night.