TOday was Berlin. We started off with a four hour walking tour of the city. It was neat. We traveled through many of the major sights of the city. Like the Berlin wall. It was amazing too see this towering wall put up by the Soviet Union back then. How awful to learn about these families often separated from East to West. Checkpoint Charlie was the American/ Soviet checkpoint and I loved learning and seeing all the history there. We saw the Berlin Dome, The Reichstag (government bldg,) the place where all of the books were burned by the Nazi's, the Two churches facing the opera house. One German and one French. They just wanted both there. We really loved Berlin.
We visited the Pergamon museum, the tower of terrors right by the wall remnants and the Jewish Museum today (6/5/13.) So the Pergamon was basically the world civ. classes that I teach. It started with some Babylon gates that were unreal. Called the gates of Ishitar. We loved learning more about Gilgamesh and other Sumerians. The tower of terrors was where a lot of mistreatment happened in the basements of the SS or SA, basically secret service. It was an amazing history of the Nazi's, and the horrible reign. Probably one of my most favorite places to learn more about, because many of the mistreatment happened right there and all around the city where we were visiting. We also saw the buildings with the red roofs where Hitler committed suicide with his dog and girlfriend Eva. They were found by his own men, and brought out in front of the buildings and almost all burned and left for the Soviet's to find. Then Stalin wanted his head off, and brought to him. We don't know what he did with it, but it's still there today.
We ate at Augustine's Bavarian restaurant, and thanks Rick Steve's...it was awesome. Delicious, German food! Today was the Jewish Museum, and it was amazing too learn about the history of these people. I loved the tree of life and their perception of pomegranate on the tree for Adam and Eve. It represented fertility and new life...super cool.
We also spent the morning eating delicious breads at back factory, (soft, delicious waffles, herby bread, cheesy things, yum yum!) & doing laundry....need to do it someday!
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| Where the burning of all non Nazi books were burned |
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| One of the famous people of Berlin who escaped over the Berlin Wall into West Berlin |
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| One of the neatest places in Berlin. The Holocaust Memorial Site. It's up for you to determine what it means. |
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| You may have seen this before, but it's the big Protestant, not Catholic, church in Berlin |
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| The huge gates of Ishitar |
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| The Berlin Wall, or just a small part of what's left |
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