15 March 2009

Finally making it through the craziness of numerous airports and missing connecting flights, I arrived in Berlin. Hopping on the TXL bus from the airport I was immediately thrown into an overview of the city. After embarrassing myself by attempting to speak German, I found my way to our hostel. The one thing I could go for was a much needed nap, but that was not in the agenda.

We first went to see the Berlin Wall, and had to climb onto a futuristic space trolley, or the German's would call, the M4 streetcar. We zip around the city filled with graffiti on most buildings, while at the same time the streets are extremely clean.

After watching documentaries about the Berlin Wall and then seeing it and touching the wall in person, I realized how different my trip here would have been if in fact the wall was still up. Instead I was able to walk between the outer and inter walls and see where the machine guns and other traps were set.

The only thing to do after visiting such a landmark is to try Berliner Kindl Weisse beer which is a must have for any visitors to Berlin. The string of white lights hung over head as I sat on a yellow bench and enjoyed my raspberry beer and grilled sausage; a fitting way to end my new visit to Berlin.