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I liked Dresden too, when I visited in 1996. I am sure so much have changed since 1996, when Dresden still looked like an East German city with many cranes above the skyline fixing buildings. I remember them starting to work on the Frauenkirche, and that they finished it last year or two years ago to celebrate for Dresden's 800th anniversary? Anyway, a friend and I visited a friend in Dresden, and at that time, he was still living in his communist apartment. It was interesting to see the communist apartments.
Berlin was a lot of fun to see, and we saw some places such as Museum am Checkpoint Charlie, Reichstag, Siegessaule, Bahnhof Zoo, Ku'damm, Kaiser Wilhelms Gedachtskirche, Schloss Sans Souci, etc... It was impossible to see everything in Berlin in a weekend we were there. But I still remember the Potsdamer Platz with nothing there (no buildings, no walls, etc...). I hear now that Potsdamer Platz is now all offices. My friend and I liked going to the department store on the Eastern side of Berlin, at Alexanderplatz, where we ate breakfast at a DDR-like cafeteria on the top floor overlooking Berlin. I remember seeing the Palast der Republik (government building for the SED Party) before it was destroyed. I will never forget when my friend and I had an old map of Berlin, and tried to follow it to find the campground where we stayed at. We were surprised to see different than the map, and knew it was important to buy a new map for post-DDR Berlin. We stayed am Krossinsee near Mugelsee in southeastern Berlin.
I will always have wonderful memories of visiting Germany with my German friends. I can go on and on here, but I would not want to bore anyone here. I have never been to Northern Germany though! Never been to Hamburg. The furthest north I have ever gone was Monchengladbach and Koln. I'd like to see Hamburg and the island of Sylt. And definitely visit more of Southern Germany!
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