Yesterday was a great day and great way to end my stay in Berlin. God, thank You for sovereign and for providing for me. You knew I was getting lonely, even though I'm seeing Saskia in less than an hour, and You provided. In the morning, I wandered a bit around my hostel area, in the suburbs of Berlin, and I eventually found the few remnants of the Wall Nina had told me about. On my way back to the hostel, I even got hit on/asked out to coffee by a random German guy! >.< lol. Thankfully, he was pretty friendly and let me leave when I told him I was leaving today...lol. Anyway, after that, I headed back to Brandenburg, where I watched some breakdancers for a bit. There were also people dressed up as a Native American chief, Yoda, Darth Vader, and USSR soldiers on the plaza. I then headed to the Reichstag for my 12:45 reservation, where my day took a turn for the better. On my way in, I met Tahir and Jacob, two guys from London who are traveling through East Europe for a few weeks, starting in Berlin. They were really friendly and talkative (and knowledgeable!), and I ended up sticking with them for the rest of the day.
We checked out the Reichstag Dome (I thought it was really cool that the audio guides were triggered by sensors in the ramp!), which was pretty cool and had a pretty good view of Berlin and its landmarks. Afterwards, we passed through Potsdam Platz and went to the Topography of Terror, a free open-air museum on the Wall and Berlin in times of propaganda and terror. We then visited the Pergamon Museum, since Tahir really wanted to see the gates of Babylon, which were impressive, but not incredibly so.
Our last destination of the day was the East Side Gallery, which contains the longest strip of the Berlin Wall still standing. It was quite a ways away on foot, but the guys wanted to walk, so we did. It wasn't exactly the nicest walk, but it was definitely worth it to us to see East Berlin today, which still seems in need of much improvement. The East Side Gallery was filled with artwork (reminded me of Buenos Aires street art), some good and some not so much. We grabbed dinner at a kebap place (those two are the least hungry guys I've ever met!) and then went back to their hostel. After chatting a bit, they needed to sleep, so I headed back and did the same. I really liked talking to and listening to them--thank You for surprise awesome travel buddies, God :) I hope to keep in touch with them, especially since they're studying medicine in London.
This morning, on the way to Hauptbahnhof, I actually met a guy named Alex who lives in Dallas! He goes to Richland and might transfer to UTD or UNT, so maybe I'll see him again. Small world, indeed.
Whoo! Done, and with a few minutes to spare. I'm excited to see Saskia and Copenhagen!
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