German Language Tour

I think today was not what we expected for German summer, rain forecast all day! We were all feeling a bit more energised with better sleep than the other nights as it was cooler We woke up to a nice breeze, but there was also rain which wasn’t expected to stop anytime soon. We woke up to another delicious breakfast with a variety of cereal, bread, fruit, cold meats and cheese. After breakfast, a few of us had to go to the German supermarket down the street mostly to buy ourselves umbrellas, as it wasn’t going to stop raining and had forgotten to bring one

We headed off early by tram to the DDR museum and while we were waiting we split up into little groups to do something in the time we had before our tour One group went to the church and got to hear some of the music they play and the other group went souvenir shopping Then we all got back and ready for our tour of the DDR museum. Most of us had already touched base on what life was like in former East Germany (known as the Deutsche Demokratische Republik), this gave us an even better understanding of it as we got to see items in real life and not just a textbook photo It was enjoyable because it was interactive and you saw a lot of the items they used back in those times (toys the children had, clothes they wore, and transport they had) which was really cool and interesting. After the tour, we all got lunch from the bakery and had to find some shelter from the rain as it just kept on getting heavier We had a break before heading off not too far to a couple of museums

We went to two museums in total, the Pergamon Museum and the Neues Museum. We got given a phone which had audio about some of the different monuments and statues we got to see in the museum It was very cool with different times and places artefacts and some looked so real as well as some very big monuments, but it was unfortunate that they were all mostly replicas and not the real thing. It was still interesting to hear about them and we also got to see a bust of Nefertiti! We couldn’t take photos of Nefertiti because it was not permitted, even though some did outside the room which we found to be quite rude

As we headed back, we went for another trip to the German supermarket where we bought food and drinks for our trip to Nuremberg which was the next day We were all happy to be back in shelter away from the rain that had been continually going throughout the day For dinner, we had a zucchini salad, scalloped potatoes and meat, with dessert being chocolate pudding and vanilla sauce. We are now getting ready for an early start tomorrow and can’t wait to see what Nuremberg has to offer.

Gute Nacht von Berlin