Today started with us taking the U-Bahn to Klosterstraße, where we had a good view of the Berliner Fernsehturm (Television Tower). After that we got to see a part of the old Berlin city wall, built around 1250, that’s still standing. I thought it was pretty neat that one part of the original wall was actually still standing. We then went to visit a very nicely restored old church. The inside was huge with giant arches holding up the roof, which included an intricate wood structure. We walked though the city more and saw some more nice old buildings. We then went to a photo exhibition at the Deutsches Historisches Museum about events from recent years. I am very interested in photography, so I enjoyed going. After that, we went to a nice Bavarian-style restaurant, and then moved on to Checkpoint Charlie. I thought that was interesting because of how much that area has changed in recent years, with cars now driving right through the street to former east Berlin with no problem, and then in quite recent history the same street was the center of so much tension. We saw a lot of really nice cars on the way back, including a Ferrari F430, a Bentley coupe that set the World Ice Speed Record, and a special edition of the 253mph Bugatti Veyron supercar. I really loved seeing the cars, because that’s always been a passion of mine, and cars like that are not something I see very often around the US. At the end of the day we went to the Brandenburg Tor (Brandenburg Gate), which was really cool to see, since it’s been involved in so much history over the years. It looked great as well, with the sun setting behind it, so we got some great pictures.
David Swenson
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