Our guide Tom, as I mentioned, was a chatter-box, saying, what he thought, was funny or a joke. However, he was smart enough to have not only his say but also his way. We wanted to see Berlin Olympic Stadium, the German Parliament Building and, of course, Hitler’s residence and the bunker not knowing these two have been razed to the ground by the Russians a few years after 1945. We had already visited the iconic Brandenburg Gate crowned with the beautiful Quadriga (a chariot drawn by four horses) on top the previous evening on a sort of recce. Therefore, it suited Tom to drive past the monument and we did not mind. However, Tom did not forget to give its history.
