Shannon and I went to Berlin on our spring break, during our semester abroad in Florence, in the spring of 2001. Of course, Berlin is still frozen in March, so it didn't feel like too much of a spring break! Our hostel was in Mitte, and we had made arrangements to meet up with Hans, a friend of mine that I had met during my first semester in Italy. We met all the way across town in Alexanderplatz, only to find out that he was actually staying in the room across the hallway at our hostel! Other interesting experiences include visiting the Brandenburg Gate, which at the time was being renovated. The whole thing was covered in a giant drapery, which had a life size Brandenburg Gate printed on it - kind of odd! So, we *sort of* got to experience the Gate. We also visited a lot of the museums (Berlin is a great place for modern art), went up into the Reichstag Dome, visited saw remnants of the Berlin wall, checked out Checkpoint Charlie, toured the bombed-out Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche, and of course, drank bier!
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what a report of my home town! ;-)
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