I'm going to start off this post by saying that I have always wanted to go to Germany for as long as I can remember. I've been a history nerd since I was in elementary school. Those American Girl books, history textbooks, and tons of other book series were constantly being read. It's no surprise that I was a European history major in college concentrating on World War II and the Cold War. So, Berlin was truly a playground for me.
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| Entering the American Sector |
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| East v. West |
Our morning started with touring the area around Checkpoint Charlie. There is a new walking exhibit describing the years of the Cold War, construction of the Wall, and those who risked their lives to escape from the East.
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| Part of the Berlin Wall still standing |
After viewing the outside exhibit, Dad and I checked out the museum. The museum, itself, could require an entire day to do. It's stocked full of artifacts, photos, videos, etc. all devoted to the Cold War. Truly worth a visit!
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| Potsdamer Platz |
From there, we explored Potsdamer Platz before viewing the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe as well as the memorial to homosexuals who were killed in World War II.
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| Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe |
We continued our walk around town down to the Bradenburg Gate where we came upon a group of street performers!
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| The Bradenburg Gate |
Since it was starting to get colder and appeared that it might start raining, we toured around in a hop-on-hop-off bus to get to see the rest of the city that we would not have time for.
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| A little piece of home |
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| TV Tower |
For dinner that evening, we tried our hand at some traditional dishes! Complete with beer, I had the goulash and noodles while Dad tried the beef! And, yes...the apple strudel did make the desert order!
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| Yum! |
It was a great first day in Berlin! Stay tuned for the second day re-cap!
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