The re-opened Brandenburg Gate proudly bestrides the Unter den Linden, symbolic of a reunited germany whose capital Berlin is once more. Music and Art have always played a major part in the life of Berlin and we can visit the Staatsoper, the Komische Oper and the Deutsche Oper. There is time to visit the Dahlem Museum complex with its old master paintings from Duccio to Rembrandt, sculpture, Islamic and Indian exhibits and a wealth of gold from El Dorado. Also the Pergamon Museum with its Antiquities, the Breda Gallery of Old Masters, the baroque Charlottenburg Palace and Museum which contains the portrait bust of Nefertiti and many Byzantine treasures. Perhaps take an excursion to Potsdam to visit the delightful baroque Sans Souci Palace of Frederick the Great.