Berlin

Hello!

We have been extremely busy the past couple weeks, so here are some of our activities.

This weekend we just got back from Berlin, where we met up with Pastor Trachte's Eisenach group, just like we met up with them in Munich. We started off the weekend excursion with a trip to the theater to see a sort of a variety show at the Friedrichstraße palast, which, during the time of the Cold War, was in East Berlin, and was one of the jewels of East Berlin. With the biggest stage in all of Europe, it was an impressive show.

After that, most of us went back to the hostel. The next day we went to the Pergamon Museum, where the Pergamon Altar and the gates of Babylon are housed. It was an impressive display. After that, we split into two groups, with one going to the Brandenburg gate, the Jewish Holocaust Memorial, and then Potsdam Platz. The other group went to the Berlin Dom, the Brandenberg gate, and then the Jewish memorial.
That night, we attended another show: Blue Man Group. We got to see how the Germans interacted within the audience. There were some things the group did that were different than what they do in the states (seen them live there too), and it was interesting. After Blue Man, we went back to the hostel.

Saturday, we went to the New Museum in Berlin, where the bust of Nefertiti is housed, as well as several other interesting artifacts from ancient Greece and Egypt. We also saw Checkpoint Charlie and parts of the Berlin Wall, including a stretch that is still up.
We had part of Saturday afternoon free, but saturday night we went to the Reichstag, and saw the city light up and the Berlin Skyline from the dome.
That night, some people went out on the town and others went back to the hostel.
Sunday morning we went to the Jewish Museum of Berlin, which was an interesting display. It showed Jewish history all throughout time.
Sunday afternoon, we came back to Marburg, where we have been attending school for the past two days.
That's all from here for now. Tomorrow we go to Eisenach.
Brent