A Note

Dearest loved ones, our hotel's wifi has blogger.com, this website, blocked. Therefor we cannot post pictures from today to the blog! However, I want to keep my promise to post daily and keep those at home in the loop. This morning we flew into Amsterdam. Slugglishly, we deplaned to AMS international, where we were informed we must go through passport control and a secutity re-check. Amsterdam is a lovely, environmentally friendly city. Or, it seems it from inside the airport! Some students, like Hannah Fitzgerald remarked that they would love to visit there as well. We droned through the passport control where they seemed not to care about what we were doing.  A stamp was added to our passports and no questions were asked. At least, not to myself. Immediately following this checkpoint was security. As I stepped through, the metal detector beeped! Again, suprisingly I was waved on with a laugh and a nod by the security worker. Needless to say, they were very thorough in this airport! However, Ms. Fialko, our teacher, was stopped for nearly ten minutes because of earings that were in her bag! Hmmm, that seems a little inconsistent? Maybe its her flaming red hair that instills fear in others. We journeyed on in search of our gate, for our hour and a half flight to Berlin, our destination! With some stops for breakfast, we hurried on to our flight. I myself slept this entire flight and cannot comment on how it went. Arriving in Berlin, we were pained by the sting of the red eye flight. I think I can safely say that most people were very exhausted for our first day in Berlin. We grabbed our baggage which came quickly, a nice change for airport baggage claim! When does that ever happen? Finally, we took our first steps in Berlin! A coach bus took us to our hotel, Tryp, by Wyndham. We left our bags and set out for the Berlin wall!!! We took the local train straight into town which was a nice way of getting around. Amila said that it'd be beautiful to live here, and Mikaela agreed! The architecture is stunning. Seeing the Berlin Wall truly is an experience in itself. A barrier is such a powerful thing, emotionally as well as physically. With tired legs and hungry stomachs we arrived at dinner via the underground metro. Dinner was salad, bread, beef, and a pancake-like desert. There was also a vegetarian option for students that were vegetarian. With our stomachs full and our eyes drooping we headed back to our hotel for sleep. Which, is where I am now very excited to be headed. Tomorrow we will be on another tour of Berlin! Pictures to come.

Thank you! Danke!

Goodnight!