Hello again! I'm back to talk about my time in Germany! We spent about a week in Berlin before leaving for the UK so we had lots of time to explore and see the sights. There was definitely no feeling of having to rush anywhere. Aron, Katie's brother, was our tour guide through the city and took us to all the major areas around town and also some smaller events that a tourist wouldn't know about.
The 1st thing we saw was the Berlin Wall. My first impressions of it was that it was a lot skinnier in width than I had imagined it would be. Aron explained to us that the real dangerous part that kept people from crossing the wall was the middle zone between the east wall and west wall where anyone trying to cross pretty much became a sitting duck to get shot. The River Spree also served as a natural barrier in between the walls at certain parts. The wall was pretty cool looking because a decade or 2 ago they commissioned a whole bunch of local artists to paint on the wall. It's super colorful with probably 100 different designs on it.
After we walked the mile down the Berlin Wall, we continued to other places. My favorite building by far was the Berlin Cathedral.
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It just looks so cool to me! I like the colors on top a lot too! We also saw the Parliament building, the Brandenberg Tor (which is this big arch), and a few rail stations (they call them "bahn"--train in German). We also went to this building called the Colorful World of Chocolate where you could pick the ingredients to put in your chocolate bar! I got gummy bears, jelly beans, and yogurt crisps in a milk chocolate bar. That might seem gross, but I picked them because I wanted ingredients that I couldn't normally get in a chocolate bar. The taste of it was very sweet! The crisps were a good touch because it gave it a little crunch. Ok, enough of my Food Network descriptions of the chocolate, but here's a photo! :-D
Some of the less known things we went to in Berlin was a Turkish farmer's market, a boat tour on the River Spree (which was awesome because I love boats), and a giant flee market in Mauer Park.
This is at Mauer Park. You'd probably think there was something really cool going on here. This ENTIRE crowd was here watching......Karaoke! Seriously?! It's the largest karaoke crowd I've ever seen!
These guys in Mauer Park have lifted up their kilts to pee in the bushes...
And I have no idea what this guy in the 2nd photo is doing, and I don't want to know...
Just some culture of Mauer Park for you haha
We also took a day trip to Potsdam while we were in Germany! It was our 1st little excursion by ourselves in this foreign country and we did pretty well! Potsdam is a nice town. It had a quaint shopping area that we spent some time in, but most of our time was spent in Sanssouci Park. In this park there are 3 palaces that royal people built. They were impressive and pretty! Here is one of them.
The park was huge and I got pretty tired from walking around in it all day! But it was fun overall!
Germany was a really fun, interesting place! I'm really glad I had the chance to experience it. And thanks to Aron and Simone again for letting Katie and I stay with them! Next, it was off to London!
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