Done with Prague and ontu Belin

So we finished up the amazing city of Prague by going up the hill to their amazing castle and gothic church which have been there for centuries. i loved prague and its quaintness and castle arcitecture but i only have a little bit of time on the computer so i will try to recap what I can for you that has happened recently...

Berlin is a very very interesting city with extremely poignant
history. we took a 4 hour walking tour of the city the other day
(mostly through east berlin) and the things this city/country has gone
through over the past century is pretty unfathomable. hearing about
the berlin wall and the division of the iron curtain is one thing, but
then seeing the city that was split down its heart by a wall with a
death zone, and seeing how the city developed differently on both
sides is truly astonishing. it is weird after going to cities with its
most important history being hundreds of years ago to going to a place
like this where the city is only 19 years old.

Berlin is also absolutely huge. the metro system is expansive,
underground overground with trains and buses and metros. it takes us a
good 45 min to get from our hostel into the city center. the
architecture here is also extremely modern, and you can tell how much
of a production economy they are just by looking around. there is also
rele cool graffiti everywhere.

We visited everything from the famous Brandenburg gate to the Pergamon museum with ancient Babylonian, Greek, Roman, and Egyptian ruins, with an ancient Babylonian gate that was buried underground for years. we visited parts of the Berlin wall that have been turned into a modern artistic, graffiti cultural mural. We have eaten good sausage and curryworst, and drank good cheap beer. the people here are so nice, and they seem to want to try and help you understand their city as best as possible.

Today we woke up early and went on this tour of the
concentration camp that was the nerve center for the holocaust (I cant remember all the names of places off the top of my head, when i get home ill tell you), and it was really interesting and depressing. The one thing about this camp was it was a production and work camp as opposed to solely a death camp, so it was different than i was expecting (huge and open areas with brickworking and machinery things along with the death places) but still sad.

Well im running out of time here so I am going to have to say goodbye, tomorrow i leave for Amsterdam so ill let you know how it is after my nine hour train ride tomorrow!

David