Saturday, March 2, 2013

To New Worlds! (Spring Break!)


So, the adventure begins!
We all got up early in the morning to catch the 5:00 AM tube to Heathrow. From there, we flew to our first stop, Berlin, Germany, where we were reminded that Winter=snow (even during Spring Break)
We got to our hotel and we headed out to adventure around. We went to the Pergamon Museum, which housed HUGE architectural pieces. After that, we got dinner and fell onto our beds exhausted. 
We went on a fantastic tour around Berlin the next day. We saw the surviving section of the Berlin Wall, the Brandenburg Gate, the hotel Michael Jackson hung his baby out the window, the memorial to the murdered Jews, and a bunch more places. We then stopped at the Topography of Terror. Located around the surviving section of the Berlin Wall, where we learned about the SS and Gestapo.
Empty seats on my flight to Berlin (I'm totally fine with this.) 
Pergamon Museum
Pergamon Altar
Babylonian Gates of Ishtar

Hotel that Michael Jackson dangled his baby out the window
Brandenburg Gate
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Walking within the memorial
Berlin Wall
Memorial to the book burning in Babelplatz.

Memorial plaque at Babelplatz."Das war ein Vorspiel nur, dort wo Man Bücher verbrennt, verbrennt Man am Ende auch Menschen."




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