Hello from Berlin

Despite my failure to get some more pictures up here, I'm trying to be good and write at least once per city.
So, now we're in Berlin. It's a very strange city...you can tell that it's had a tough time for the last 70 years or so. One thing that was surprising is that East Berlin is the place to be. Turns out that West Berlin was all residential areas of the city, and despite having all the freedom, East Berlin had all the downtown areas, including important buildings, places and monuments (despite all the Communism). I had expected mostly rubble, but it's actually quite nice in most parts we've seen...I guess you can build a lot in 17 years.
We've spent a lot of time here just touring around, seeing the sights. They do a good in Germany of keeping around reminders of what the country did during WWII. In addition to museums and monuments, there are a few buildings that were bombed during the war that they've left in the same condition...kind of powerful when you see it all.
Anyway, we're heading South to Prague tomorrow afternoon - it will be our first non-overnight trip so far...I look forward to not sleeping on the train.