Berlin Day 3

March 29

We left with the whole group to go to the Pergammon Museum. It was ancient art, mostly sculptures and not everyone’s favorite museum. For most of the time we just sat on a bench and people watched and napped. The building is apparently really nice but it was under severe construction and the whole outside of the building was covered in scaffolding and plastic.

Right next to the museum was another small flea market. We had street sausages for lunch again and walked around the flea market. I found a few more cool things and vintage jewelry. There was some really nice vintage pieces but they were a little above my budget.

As a group we went to another part of the Berlin wall. It’s a place where they have left it all in tact. You can see the “no mans land” in between the East and West side. It was really interesting but I wish I knew more about World War II and the history of Germany/ Berlin. Next to the wall was a new modern church. There used to be a gorgeous church there but it was blown up because it was in “no man’s land” and served no purpose. The modern church was made with wooden slats. It was neat inside and more of just a sanctuary.

Next Jess and I broke off from the group. We went to the Charlottenburg Palace. The inside had just closed but we walked through the gardens and enjoyed the afternoon. There were a lot of locals there with their children just hanging out, riding bikes, and feeding ducks. It was a nice place. We hung out there for about an hour and then headed on our way. We decided to hope a fence to skip walking around the whole front of the palace, but that resulted in Jess ripping her jeans completely open. Luckily she had been wearing leggings underneath because it was cold. But that was the end of those jeans.

To continue on our separate journey we went to another church. It’s a church that was bombed in WW II but was left standing and a modern memorial church was built next to it. It was really neat to see what buildings looked like after they had been bombed. It was something I had never seen before in real life and not just in pictures.

In typical Jess and Katelyn style we jumped on trampolines next to the church. The kind that you get harnessed into and go really really high. It was a lot of fun and we took funny pictures. We did back flips and everything. Definitely worth telling stories about.

That night we had dinner with a group of people at a typical German restaurant. I had a Radler, which is light beer and sprite and cheesy schpetzal. It was all really good. We were too tired to go out that night.