Berlin Wrap Up

There are a couple things that are unique to Berlin that I love...Berliner Bears and the Ampel Menschen. The Berliner Bear is a classic! There are tons of Bears painted all over the city...for example the Hertz Rent-a-Car place had a bear outside its office painted in Hertz colors with the logo. And that is not all...the people of Berlin love there bears so much that the cheapest and tiniest bear souvenir you can buy is 20 EUR.
This TJ with our hotel's bear...
And me with a random street bear near the old Bauhaus building.

I like the bears...but LOVE the East German Ampel Menschen. Ampel Mensch means signal person, and they are the walk/don't walk signs that originated in the East Berlin area but have been so popular that they have now been installed in West Berlin as well.

STOP!!!

GEHT!!!

I love how the walk sign has the mensch walking with a purpose!

Auf Wiedersehen!