JFK uttered these famous words "I am a jelly donut," at the Berlin Wall in 1963. While he probably was trying to say I am a Berliner, everyone tried to devour his tasty insides after the ceremony. Today was the swell-bot-mgcee of all days. We saw the Branderberg Gates, a church that was bombed in WWII and left in it's destroyed condition, two huge churches, the Reichstag - home of German Parliment and the famous Reichstag fire, where the Nazi's declared an emergency state and killed all the commies and took political control.
We went to a 13th century church that was rebuilt, and saw some Nazi artillery and tanks.
It's weird how east berlin is like a quaint village and West Berlin is like Tokyo the west has been developed so much, and the East is pretty beat up. There are really no buildings that are older than 1945 because 95% of all buildings were bombed to oblivion by the good guys in WWII, which is good the Allies, and bad for the tourists!
Auf Wiedersehen!
Hey all!
Today (actually yesterday for us) was awesome and tiresome all at the same time, apart from generally getting lost in the Berlin chaos, we saw some of the most famous sights this city has to offer, as zak outlined above. we rode the bus and train all over the city, and walked for about three miles to get to the west side. we observed that nobody here wears colors. so in a fancy mall on the west side we played a game trying to spot as many colorful outfits as possible, and only saw one girl wearing a pink shirt, out of an entire shopping mall!! well zak is harassing me to go so i guess that's it for now.
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