Berlin was one of the most incredible cities because of its crazy history.
It was the best walking tour I have been on yet.
We had a free half of a day when we got there.
Kate, Cara, and I did some adventuring, making it a point
to arrive at Starbucks as our final destination.
Starbucks never tasted so good.
We celebrated St. Patricks day by hanging
out in the bar of our hostel, eating burgers, and drinking green beer.
A live band was playing acoustic covers of american songs.
A highlight was definitely singing and stomping Ho Hey
with everyone at the bar.
We were able to see parts of the Berlin Wall that are remaining.
Our guide told us the craziest ways that people tried to get across the wall.
One way some people got through was by someone from the West side coming over to the east side with a car, hiding someone from the East side in their car by putting them inside the car seat and sewing it back up,
or by putting them in the gas tank,
and then driving them through Checkpoint Charlie and safely to the west side.
The East Side Gallery is an international memorial for freedom. It is a 1.3 km long section of the Berlin Wall located near the centre of Berlin.
The Gallery consists of 105 paintings by artists from all over the world, painted in 1990 on the east side of the Berlin Wall.
It is possibly the largest and longest-lasting open air gallery in the world.
The paintings at the East Side Gallery document a time of change and express the euphoria and great hopes for a better, more free future for all people of the world.
The Holocaust Memorial is a memorial in Berlin
to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
From the edge, it looks like just a bunch of short rectangle blocks on the ground, but when you walk into the memorial you start to walk down a slope and the blocks start to get taller.
They get as tall as 13 feet.
When you're in the middle of it, it seems quieter.
It does not feel as if you're in the middle of Berlin.
It's very surreal and a unique environment to do some hard thinking and reflecting.
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