Berlin Cathedral and 'The Wall' museum

We had rather a slow start this morning. Probably the booze.
After breakfast we spent an entertaining time trying to work out how to get to Museum Island. We went by bus. It was a foggy damp morning. We visited Marien Kirche and then wandered off to look for the Catherdal, with a stop to check the map. First panic of the trip when discovered I had left my backpack on a bench in the park! Legged it back, and thankfully, it was still there intact.🙄

We spent a couple of hours in the Cathedral listening to an audio guide.. We spent half an hour having coffee. I rang Vodafone about my lack of data roaming but gave up in disgust.
We left the area on the underground, but not entirely sure our map reading was correct. More by luck than judgement, we arrived in the depths of what used to be East Berlin. A very strange feeling. Anyway we found 'The Black Box Wall Museum'. It turned out to be a very informative, moving, and, at some points, emotional visit. I then braved the wind and rain to take photos of a remnant of the original wall outside.
We returned to Potsdamer Platz by underground. By this time, it was cold and raining. We found somewhere to eat. We both were presented with a huge mea,l after which we took the bus back to the hotel.
Two gin and tonics later, after a one hour call to Vodafone, we sloped off to our room to drink Vodka and coke. We have yet managed to lay hands on a bottle of tonic!
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