After a long 15 hour train ride we made it to Berlin from Grindelwald. Berlin is massive, we walked for hours today and only saw a small portion of the city (pop. 4 million). The history here is incredible and we spent the day checking out Karl Marx Allee, the Berlin Wall and the Jewish Museum. Seeing the wall was moving, I just can't believe something like this was ever erected through the middle of a city (although, i guess it somewhat resembles the current day West Bank wall in Israel...). I can only imagine what those who witnessed/participated in bringing the wall down must have been feeling that day/night. Today there are only a few portions left standing, the longest being a 1.3 km stretch called the East Side Gallery, which is covered in artwork from artists from over 20 countries (completed in 1990).
The weather here is grey and cold, makes it hard to spend a lot of time outside, but is probably the best weather to be spending time in museums :).
Yesterday we spent the day recovering from the train ride and checking out this massive outdoor flea market in a park just near our hostel. They had some really neat things and if I didn't have to carry it around for the whole trip, I would have bought a few larger items. The highlight of the market was the hot wine and food carts that Geoff and I both indulged in. Tomorrow we are off to check out some more museums, Charlie's Checkpoint (one of the checkpoints along the wall) and perhaps the palace on the west side of town. Some photos from the last few days:
Guten abend.
ReplyDeleteBerlin est très gris, en particulier, comme indiqué dans l'image cour de triage. Mais comme tu le dis, si il y a beaucoup de choses à faire à l'intérieur des bâtiments, ce n'est pas si mal. Je te souhaite une bonne découverte. Mo