Hallo everyone! Day 53! Countdown: 8 days (again, I am writing this pretty late)! I cannot believe that we only have about a week left in Germany. I know this next week will be a fun one! So, today: class again. No school tomorrow because we are headed to Weimar! Then, we have Monday off too because it is a holiday. Very cool, indeed.
After class, and I headed to "Museum Island" for free admission night. We first hit up the Neues Museum, which was a very neat place. It had some of the same things we had seen in London: an Egyptian section (where I got in a bit of trouble for trying to take a picture...there weren't any signs saying we couldn't take them there...I wasn't the only one to get my camera shielded either!). But what I liked most was the history of the museum itself. This place was around in the pre-WWII era and it faced damage when Berlin was air raided at the end of the war. The museum was exposed to the elements for 40 years after the war before a roof was reconstructed and the contents resurveyed. That bit of history was more interesting to me and any of the relics contained within the building!
After the Neues Museum, we decided to go to the Altes Museum (maybe we should have done that in a different order). But we weren't really that interested at that moment in going inside, so we decided to go to another museum whose name escapes me at the moment (it sounded a bit like Parthenon, though). I guess that this is the "museum to see" while you are in Berlin, or so Matt told us when we happened to meet up with him in one of the rooms (again, what are the chances of seeing another Union student in a city this size?!)! This museum also had a long history before WWII and was again damaged by air raids. It really amazed me how someone was able to move huge building from Rome (or somewhere around there) and bring them to Germany in order to reconstruct them in a museum. Purely mind-boggling. There were literally ancient ruins in this museum. Quiet interesting stuff.
So, after our visit, Andrea and I saw a neat little restaurant and decided to stop there for dinner. We each got different types of wurst and potato salad. Delicious! I hadn't enjoyed traditional German cuisine in a while, so it was treat. I was invited over to Paula and Anna's for a sleepover, but decided to head home instead because I think that I really need a good night's rest. We are headed on a tour of my area of Berlin tomorrow and then we are leaving for Weimar. I am excited to eat and learn some more about Turkish history during the tour and I cannot wait to see Weimar! Should be a good weekend! I am not sure if I will have internet access until Monday, but if I don't, then I will be sure to catch up on our travels then. Have a nice weekend! 'Til next time...Tschuess!
