City Tour on foot and on bike, Berlin

The following is a partial list of highlights at which we stop and discuss the story of Berlin:
Memorial to the Murdered European Jews - a massive and controversial new memorial of 2700 giant concrete blocks
Brandenburg Gate - the famous symbol of Germany yet previously almost inaccessible during the Cold War
Checkpoint Charlie - the famous border crossing between the American and Soviet sectors of Berlin
Gendarmenmarkt - perhaps Berlin's prettiest square with beautifully restored cathedrals
Topography of Terror - the former headquarters of the infamous Nazi 'Gestapo' and SS, now a free museum
Graffiti-painted Berlin Wall - we saw two sections of original Berlin Wall on the City tour
Potsdamer Platz - the 'new' downtown of Berlin with unparalleled modern architecture
Siegesäule - the symbolic Victory Tower, relocated under Hitler along the middle of his famed East-West Axis
Site of Hitler's bunker - stood on where Hitler spent his final weeks of WWII as the Soviets approached
Reichstag - the famous parliament building, previously a ruined shell, now restored to its former glory
Museum Island - home to some of the world's most important museums
Palace of the Republic - former parliament of the communist East German Republic, now just a shell
Soviet War Memorial - saw the massive burial of 2500 troops and the first T34 tanks to have entered Berlin
Bebelplatz - finally restored to its original grandeur, this is also the site of the infamous Nazi book-burning
Nazi Luftwaffe Ministry - see the former Nazi Air Force Ministry in 'typical' Nazi building ´style
Deathstrip - bike through the buffer zone separating East from West Berlin
Watchtower - one of the last remaining Deathstrip Watchtowers of the Cold War
And much, much more, including a ride through the massive Tiergarten Park and along the Spree River