Thursday, July 29, 2010

A few days in Berlin























































By Liv

Berlin is a beautiful and incredibly vibrant city with a ridiculous amount of history. There are so many things to do and see in Berlin including: Museums, museums, a few museums and after that, you can stop by and take a peek in to a museum.

I was most interested in the Holocaust (guess what) MUSEUM, so we made sure to visit one while we were there. It was possibly one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen - so much more surreal when you are in the actual place that the atrocities took place - and standing at the exact spot where the Nazi's SS regime's main headquarters once was.

Some of the other places we visited included:

- Ku'Damm (main shopping area)
- Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, generally also known as "Gedächtniskirche"
- Berlin Zoo & Aquarium
- Charlottenburg Palace & Schlosspark Charlottenburg
- Bundestag - The German Parliament building
- Brandenburg gate
- Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
- Sections of the Berlin Wall
- Topography of Terror Museum
- Checkpoint Charlie

2 comments:

  1. Liv What kind of beer do you drink with a straw?

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  2. It's called Berliner Kindle. It's a very light beer that is mixed with one shot glass of either a red berry flavored syrup -or- a green waldmeister flavored syrup. The Waldmeister tastes kind of like fruity lemon-lime. The flavored beer sounds kind of gross, but it's actually really good! -Liv

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