This post is a recap of our first day as it was never originally posted due to wifi issues. Our tour guide, Ellie, has us look at a map of the Berlin Wall, at, well, the Berlin Wall.
On the wall of buildings are pictures of the Berlin Wall. Berlin was separated into the east and west. Westerners could travel to the east but westerners could not travel between the borders. The west was controlled by socialists and the east was controlled by communists. To keep the east under communist control, they did not allow East Berlin citizens to leave.
Here Jeremy poses against the wall. He presses his arms against the oppressive symbol.
Many of the parts of the wall are stripped to their iron bars.
During free time on our first day in Berlin, Amila, Hannah F, Mikaela, and myself found a very pretty church just two blocks from our hotel! Europe is beautiful!
On our first day we were tired. We were adjusting, slowly. Our last hotels didn't have wifi good enough to post pictures! Sorry! I will be sure to recap everything that happened. We loved Berlin, even though it was very alternative and at times seemed a bit tired. World War II was not kind to Berlin. You could tell that Berlin seemed a bit worn down.
The people I met in Berlin were kind and open. But the remaining spirit of oppression was palpable. It can remain heavy on you.
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