No hotel check out this morning- always nice! Our first stop of the day was the Dem Deutschen Volke, a building in Berlin attcked during war. It's a large cement building with patches all over because of bullet shots... Fascinating to see! While walking downtown we also passed the hotel that Michael Jackson pulled his baby stunt from the top floor. Next was the Holocaust Memorial museum. It's alot smaller than the museum in DC but it still held alot of reports from individuals who were caught as prisoners, some of which lived and some died. All of the stories are soo tragic- like the 36 year old mother who lied about her kids' ages so that they could stay with their grandmother and instead the grandmother and children were taken and murdered and the mother survived. There were many others, too. Next was East Side Gallery, the portion of the wall that remains standing and is painted all over, and then Checkpoint Charlie which is the official crossing point between East and West Berlin. We got to go through the museum there, and then we headed back to the hotel.
The rest of the afternoon and evening was free, so we split up for independent lunch- I got my first Doner which was SO GOOD! It's like flat bread stuffed with lamb meat and lettuce, onions, tomatoes, and garlic sauce. It was my first, most of the guys' 10th or 12th or whatever! Then us girls broke off of the guys and went shopping in Berlin. So far this might be my favorite city- it's alot like Paris, with great shopping and amazing stores like Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, etc. But it is so much cleaner than Paris, and not near as hectic. Tonight we'll go out for dinner independently again, and either see the city or lay low at the hotel.
Dem Deutschen Volke
Leah, me, Lauren, Hilary, Vivianne, & Penny in front of the wall
Aubrey, Becca, & I with our Doners!
To my Calvin friends who traveled abroad- welcome back from wherever you've been. And to those who stayed home- congrats on finishing interim today!
Pce. & Blessings.
Jessie
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