BERLIN

So we are back from Berlin and I have time to post. OMG. Berlin was just incredible. We went to the Brandenberg Gate the first day there, then to the German Parlimentay building. We didn't get to see the parlementary chambers, but we did get to go to the roof and had an awsome view of the city.
After that we went to the Holocust memorial and the mesuem.We ate lunch at a little polace across the street, well the meat eaters did, I ate later and got really good stuffed grape leaves. yummy.
The group split up after that, most of the guys going to car show room and the girls to a really big department store. it was really fun. I got lots of tea, 400 grams......that might keep me going for a while........ Then we had the rest of the day free, most went shopping.
the second day we went to see the Neues Plais. Fredreick II (aka Federick the Great) had it constructed in a braoque style. Saddle we were not permitted to take pictures, it would do........ something. We walked anout a mile to the other palace, but didn't get to go in there, because it wasn't open until 2:15, we were there at 1. We ate lunch at a nice restruant, got lost and then had the rest of the day free. More shopping!!!! ;D
The third day we went to visit another school, funny story from there comming later. We wne t to a park and had a picnic. it was quite fun. We then went to the memorial dedicated to the Berlin Airlift. The roses there smell really good, and look nice......why don't we have any like that???. A group went to the zoo after that where 7 of us got to see a tiger swim after a duck. that was so amazing, we alkso heard a lion roar (my bones vibrated) and saw two adorable little leoprd cubs.
the last day we went to the Berliner Dome, a massive cathederal. Every big european city has one, Londen had Westminster Abby, Paris Notre Dame and so on. The arcatecture was just undescribably cool. The rest of the day we spent on Meseuminsl, or Mesuem Island. We went to some really cool mesuems, mainly dealing with the Greeks, Romans and Bizintines. We finished at about 4 and got the rest of the day free to pack and do any final shopping. about half of the group went to a dance club, and amazingly came back sober. THey had fun, but I'm glad that I didn't go and got several more hours of sleep.
I'll talk more about Berlin in the next (several) posts, and include pictures, but for now I'm off to lunch and then the swimming pool, if it dosen't rain.......