Back to Berlin!

Another chance to see Berlin! Where to begin...so much to tell.

We walked around as a huge group for the majority of the day. We started the day by going to the Brandenburg Gate. On the way there we passed by a huge park that was begging me to go trotting through, but we couldn't stop. The park reminded me of Central Park, it was green and full of people reading, napping, walking their dogs, etc. And at night, the park is lit up with twinkle lights...how romantic! 

The Brandenburg Gate and square is sweet! It was beautiful and majestic but also full of tourists, which means gypsies. One woman came up to my friend Jory and handed him a piece of paper begging for money. Our tour mom Sister Peterson came storming over yelling "NO! Mom says NO!" and led him away. The gypsy went around and shoved her! Good thing she was the coolest tour mom and shoved right back. It was my only encounter with gypsies this trip but it was enough haha. Then we proceeded to take a group photo in front of the gate, it took about a whole five minutes tops. But this angry tourist came up and started yelling at our director about how long we were taking. Oh Berlin, what a sight to see.

We visited a memorial to the Holocaust. It is a huge lot with square "statues" that look like plain tomb stones. They are all different heights and they start from the shortest on the outer rims into the tallest on the inside. It looked like something that would be in Inception. If it wasn't a memorial, we probably would've wreaked havoc in there.


We also stopped at the most beautiful square in Berlin. It is surrounded by four very beautiful and tall buildings with a statue in the middle. It was pretty but I honestly can tell you it just looks like any other square in Europe. :P

We continued our walking around the city where we saw a lot of pretty buildings, museums, trees, people. It became all a blur once my mood went from amused to sour because I was so tired and hungry. I did remember seeing a statue that was supposed to be Humpty Dumpty. I didn't really see the resemblance, but I guess that's why I'm a musician and not an artist. --------------------------------------------->>>>>>>

We finally reach a destination: the Pergamon Museum. The museum consists of a lot of pretty architecture from different countries and time periods. I was still hungry so I sulked most of the time spent there. But! I did see some cool stuff like the tomb of a pharaoh and his mummy(ick). After the museum, it was finally time to eat! We stopped at an Australian restaurant where we got cheeseburgers (oh heaven). But the braver ones had kangaroo meat(once again, ick).

 We got to visit the Berlin Wall! That was a lot cooler than I expected. One side of the wall is covered by murals and it's super neat, the other is littered with graffiti but equally awesome.

After the tour of the city, we went back to the stake center and chilled until our first YSA Outreach. We had dinner with the ward, had spiritual thought, performed some musical numbers, and played some games. The YSA Outreach is definitely one of my favorite parts about tour.

After Berlin, we take a 5 hour drive and head over to Dortmund! :)