I visited my sister on my fall break three weeks ago. She lives in Berlin. It wasn't my first time in Berlin. Last time I visited Berlin and my sister was about two and a half years ago. She's been living there with her boyfriend for three years.
My first day in Berlin, Sunday was soo beautiful! I had brunch with my sister and her friend who is American. We spoke English, and I was relieved because I really can't speak German :D
After the brunch (which was stinking good) I went to explore the city. I went to a museum, even though I really don't like museums. But this one was super interesting. It was a museum of the history of medicine. Okay, I may be a little freak but whatever :D
I walked by the East side gallery. It is the place where the original Berlin wall still stands. The graffiti art is amazing.
For those who don't know or remember, Berlin was divided in four sections. Each one of them was owned by a different country (The U.S., France the UK and The Soviet Union). The Berlin Wall separated The Soviet Union section from the three other ones for 30 years.
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| The House of Representatives |
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| Brandenburg gate |
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| The Berlin Wall |
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| It is necessary to break down many walls |
On the second day I had planned to see my friend from Finland who was also visiting Berlin. We walked around this lovely neighbourhood called Kreuzberg (meaning cross mountain/hill). It's full of nice restaurants and cafés and the architecture is so beautiful! We also tried to go to this viewpoint where you can see the entire city but unfortunately it was closed so we ended up taking photos of the city from a parking hall that was located on the 5th floor.
In the evening we went to a free concert of Berlin's philharmony. After that we walked through downtown Berlin and watched the amazing light show the city had set up for the light festival.
The last two days I was really dissatisfied with the weather because it was raining all the time. I decided to go shopping and found some nice clothes such as new shoes and jeans.
Hope I see you again as soon as possible, Berlin!
Love,
Anette
