Seven of us just spent a few days visiting my daughter in Berlin.

Realtively cheap public transport food and drink led to a fun time, visiting places we hadn't been before and soaking up the atmosphere in this very cosmopolitan city.

One such place was Peacock Island, beautiful scenery and uninhabited apart from, yes, Peacocks.

Berlin always has a vibrant street scene full of character and extravagant graffiti on the buildings