Six hours on a bus, a delayed flight, missing the connecting flight, lucky enough to get on the next flight, a metro ride, a hop and a skip and we made it to Berlin! We arrived at about six in the evening and decided to drop off our stuff and go in search of the Berlin wall! It was a bit of a struggle, but we found it.
Even though it may appear to be just a cement wall that is about ten feet tall, it is much more than that. It has a long and dreary past, and its purpose was destroyed long ago, but even today you can see the suffering of the people affected by this wall and the other happenings of Germany through its amazing paintings. Some of these are graffiti, some of them are tourists that want to leave their mark, and some are scenes from the holocaust, but all of them, regardless of what they are or who put them there, have a meaning.
After staring at the wall in awe for about two and half hours, it was dinner time. Try as we might, we could not for the life of us find a cute little German restaurant to eat at and instead ended up at some sort of sports bar/restaurant. However! we did end up with a seriously German meal of Currywurst, chips (fatty french fries), and something that they claim is cole slaw.. oh. and cheesecake. Then we headed home to get a good nights sleep before the Saturday adventure!
Even though it may appear to be just a cement wall that is about ten feet tall, it is much more than that. It has a long and dreary past, and its purpose was destroyed long ago, but even today you can see the suffering of the people affected by this wall and the other happenings of Germany through its amazing paintings. Some of these are graffiti, some of them are tourists that want to leave their mark, and some are scenes from the holocaust, but all of them, regardless of what they are or who put them there, have a meaning.
After staring at the wall in awe for about two and half hours, it was dinner time. Try as we might, we could not for the life of us find a cute little German restaurant to eat at and instead ended up at some sort of sports bar/restaurant. However! we did end up with a seriously German meal of Currywurst, chips (fatty french fries), and something that they claim is cole slaw.. oh. and cheesecake. Then we headed home to get a good nights sleep before the Saturday adventure!
Picture of the day 1: Berlin Wall
Picture of the day 2: Berlin Wall "Many small people in many small places go many small things that can alter the face of the world."
Picture of the day 3: Berlin Wall
Picture of the day 4: Berlin Wall, Gabby and I made our mark
Picture of the day 5: Berliner Currywurst, apparently this is a common thing in Berlin because they are everywhere! Ours was basically a giant sausage brautwurst type thing.. covered in a sauce that was similar to barbecue.. but not as sweet? sprinkled with curry powder. Sounds horrific. Tastes delicious.
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