Thursday June 17th - Berlin Dom

The Berlin Dom is the largest church in Berlin; an attempt to make a protestant Vatican to offset Rome.  Also an ego trip for the last emperor, William II.  It anchors the crossroads of Museum Island and the main east-west road across the city.

and the view of the altar from the seat of the emperor, which I naturally sat in.

Everyone walked the steps up to the base of the big dome.  It just about did me in, as I am not an in-shape 20 year old.  However, the view was great, comparable to the new dome on the Reichstag (which has an elevator, so it wins my body's vote.)