Wednesday, January 16, 2013

What a crazy two days. Our flight was delayed from Amsterdam to Berlin. We ended up staying in the Amsterdam airport from 5 am until about 1 or 2... Way too long. We all (including Dr. Moser) played Go Fish, and that was pretty fun. We then went to Frankfurt, where I finally had a Mezzo Mix, and then on to Berlin! Thats where we are now. The first day we got there, we didn't do much. We were all tired, but we did go to dinner and walked around the city thanks to the S-Bahn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-bahn). Then, this morning, we went to breakfast at the hotel, which was quite good, then to the Reichstag (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichstag). We went up into the Kuppel, or dome, and I listed to the German audio tour and understood most of it. It's nice to finally be able to understand this wonderful language. Then, we went to the Brandenburger Tor, or Brangenburg Gate, the main gate betwixt East Berlin and West Berlin. It was amazing to see the division that was East and West Berlin. We then went to the Holocaust memorial, or Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, by its correct name (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_to_the_Murdered_Jews_of_Europe). This was a great memorial, and we were there for an hour and a half, but it felt like 5 minutes. It was a very moving memorial. We then went to lunch at a steakhouse, where I had steak and chicken. Es war ausgeseichnet! We then went to the Geisterbahnhöfe, or Ghost stations. The S-Bahn of course goes through the entire city of Berlin, so when the city was divided, several stops (in East Berlin) were sealed off and guarded to prevent travel between the two Berlins. We were in Orainenburg Straße. There was an exhibit explaining certain things about what happened to them during the separation. We then went to the awesome department store in Berlin, KaDeWe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaufhaus_des_Westens). It was seven floors and absolutely huge. Then, we went to a Saturn (electronics store) where I bought a SIM card and found out I can use my phone in Europe! Yay! Then, we ate at a Prussian restaurant, which was excellent! I have pictures of all of the food. Now, we are back in the hotel, and I believe it is time for bed.

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