I thought I'd start with a model of the Humboldt-Forum, a reconstruction (more or less) of the Berliner Stadtschloss.
![Image](http://www.morgenpost.de/multimedia/archive/00072/PalastSchloss_DW_Ber_72163b.jpg)
This is what was demolished to make way for it, the DDR era Palast der Republik.
![Image](http://www.morgenpost.de/multimedia/archive/00072/PalastSchoen_DW_Berl_72134b.jpg)
Architecture can be very political, especially in Berlin.
A woman posing by the Palast der Republik . . . I don't know what this is about, but it meets with my approval.
![Image](http://www.morgenpost.de/multimedia/archive/00177/sei_Palast_Model_BM_177055b.jpg)
Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.