Day 7 May 9, 2012
Holy crap I have been in Berlin a whole week already!! This
is crazy time has gone so fast and we have already done so much but there is so
much more to see. Today we had our first class. Boo! We had to meet with our
groups this morning to discuss a chapter in Ladd. I had chapter three with
Kristin Emily and Karl. I went to class but kind of dozed off for most of the
discussion because it was a review of our pre-departure meetings. Meetings went
from 9:30 ish to about 11:00 and McInnis didn’t show up til about 11:30 for
class and it went til almost 1:00. Then we were dismissed for lunch and had to
meet again at 2:30 for sightseeing.
Today for sightseeing we went to the East Side Gallery and
walked the whole thing. It was really interesting and some of the artwork was
AMAZING! I realized how immature some people are and that they needed to
graffiti some of the pieces. After that we hung out in a grassy field and just
chilled and waited for McInnis to finish before he headed over to the
Reichstag. The Reichstag is a HUGE super beautiful parliament building near the
Brandenburg Gate. It was destroyed in WW2 and rebuild to part of its former
glory afterwards. It is famous for its glass dome on top and the motto above
the main enterence. “For the German People”. It was interesting that today we
had to go through basically airport security to get into the building and
really we didn’t even go inside we just went to the top to look around. Its
free but we had to have background checks and passports to get in. The reason
for this sudden change in security measures (it used to be completely open to
the public inside and roof) is because about 18 months ago some crazy Austrian
decided he wanted to bomb the building and German government would have none of
that so they completely altered the security and now everyone needs to make
appointments weeks in advance and get background checks and cool stuf like
that. Later in the trip we get to tour the inside but today we just went to the
top and walked in the dome and had a view of the city. We spent a good deal of
time there just looking round and seeing what there was to see. After that the
whole group when out to dinner at a little Italian restaurant on the west side
of the city. I had a pizza with ham mushrooms and rocket. Rocket is sort of
like arugula very peppery. After dinner we headed back to the apartments and
Nate Ryne and I decided we wanted to go get a drink at a bar before going to
bed so we asked for directions at the local bakery and they sent us down the
road a mere 500 meters where there was tons of stuff we didn’t know existed. It
was kinda scary and finally we just picked one and it turned out to be a punk
bar. That sounds weird but that’s the only way I can describe it. The bartender
was the super edgy chick but she was really nice and helped us out picking what
to drink. We had Jack and Coke, Cherry with Vodka, and their special a Moscow
Mule. I didn’t like the Moscow Mule it was made with cucumbers and I thought it
was weird but Nate drank his really fast. Then we walked back to find that my
roommates suck and had a party while we were gone. Just kidding, well not about
the party but about the fact that my roommates suck. They are great. I come
home just at the end and we chatted bit before getting ready for bed. On the
bright side because they had people over for beers tonight we have tons of
bottles to turn in for deposit. And the can/bottle deposit here is way more
ranging from 25-75 cents a bottle depending on side and material. Tomorrow we
have class again at 9:00 and McInnis is coming to get us to lead us back to his
apartment. I am not looking forward to class at all considering it is just
after 3 in the morning now and I am still writing.
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