May 4, 2010
Day 35 Amsterdam-Berlin
We had an early start to the morning to catch our train from Amsterdam to Berlin. Today was our last day that we could use our Eurorail pass. After having to write all the trains that we took using that pass, I counted 68! Once we arrived in Berlin, Claudia, Trevor's roommate from Seattle, was waiting for us on the platform so that she could walk us to her house where we would spend the next two nights. The walk was a short one. We talked for a bit and dropped off our stuff and then we separated because she had to go back to work. We decided to head for the Jewish museum and the Berlin wall. We started walking and ended up passing the Reichstag without knowing what it was as well as the main gate. We found the Jewish museum. The area above the museum is covered in blocks of concrete of various sizes. Some were a metre taller than me. It was really cool because you could totally play hide and go seek or other fun games in there. It would be awesome. Anyways, we headed to the museum. It was free of charge. We read some really sad info about WWII. We then headed out in search of the wall. We finally found a small chunk of the wall in the middle of downtown and took some pictures. We realized here that the city is actually covered in small chunks of the original wall with a path made of bricks showing where the wall stood. I had no idea how crazy the Berlin wall actually was! I guess I didn't pay enough attention in social class. We decided to follow the path that showed where the wall was and ended up walking to the Charlie Checkpoint, the place where the American soldiers were stationed. That was crazy. The booth, like a border crossing, is still there. After this we headed to meet up with Claudia. We walked around and found a restaurant where we grabbed a pizza and beer and chatted and then headed back to the apartment. Claudia headed back on her bike while we caught the metro (not called metro here). Back at her apartment, we chatted for a bit and then went to bed.
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