Berlin part 2

On our second day in Berlin we slept in (until 9) to counteract the effects of not sleeping on our sleeper train. We started our day with Berliners - jelly-filled donuts, of the 'ich bin ein Berliner' variety. We then explored an art show in the streets on our way to the Pergamon Museum. The Pergamon Museum is promoted as being the one museum you go to in Berlin, if you can only get to one of them. Inside they have deconstructed, moved, and rebuilt the entire facade of a Greek temple that once stood in Turkey. Cool, huh?

We then wandered the city, looking for nothing in particular. We found the KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Wests), which is a giant mall (as it turns out) that symbolized everythig the East couldn't have. Near the KaDeWe, we stopped for ice cream, and accidentally stubled upon the Gedenknis Kirche, a church that was bombed out in WWII and remains open to this day.

We went out to dinner that night, searching for a restaurant that had ben recommended to us. Instead, we found another restaurant as well as prostitutes and a Jewish cemetary. Don't worry, the area was not unsafe. It was just an interesting experience - prostitution is legal in Germany, but it is still a little surprising to me.

We left the next day, undestanding a little more about the Cold War and a divided Germany. Our train was in daylight this time, so we got to see what we were passing; much of the middle of Germany resembles the middle of the US. Interesting.

Mother's Day cakes

Berliners for breakfast

Pergamon Museum

Athena in battle

Floaties that we found in the museum store. You never know when you might drown in the art museum.

Humboldt University's enterance. The missing bricks have been replaced by legos.

My favorite.

KaDeWe

Gedenknis Kirche

The bells in the tower of the church were made in Sin(n). This is ironic.

Our room in the hostelboat. I'm on the top bunk, which was unfortunately close to the ceiling.

Our hostel is the boat on the left, with Berlin in the background

Jewish Cemetery

Berliner Bier