June 10, 2025 - Berlin Trip - Day 7

Our final full day in Berlin began with a search for a strap to secure my big rolling suitcase (which is wearing out around the zipper); it took quite a few minutes even for Christine and Richard to think of the correct German word describing such a strap in order to ask where we might find one. With our 4th store inquiry, we finally found one! With that problem solved, we decided to use our wonderful 56 Euro (per month) unlimited DB transit pass to take a final recap tour around the Mitte (central) city section (via Bus100). Victory Column We passed by the Tiergarten with its Victory Column. Designed by Heinrich Strack after 1864 to commemorate the Prussian victory in the Second Schleswig War. By the time it was inaugurated on 2 September 1873, Prussia had also defeated Austria and its German allies in the Austro-Prussian War and France in the Franco-Prussian War, giving the statue a new purpose. In this same area, we passed Bellevue Palace, also located in...