Spent the day hanging out in East Berlin mostly. Dogging the rain when it would hit suddenly.
At one point I felt like Superman...It was sunny and then suddenly, bam...rain and wind! I quickly ran behind a pillar, pulled out my umbrella from my bag and popped it open, stepped out from behind the pillar and walked passed the crowd of people all getting wet hehe
One thing I have to say ("What's that Eric, you only have ONE thing??? What a joyous day!!") is that I know of a lot of Jewish people that don#t want to come to Germany because of what happeneed in the past. All I have to say is that, they should. It would do them good.
These Germans are an amazing people. They have taken amazing steps to correct what happened in the past. There are so many jewish memorials here, it would probably take a whole vacation to see them all.
Today, I went to the site of the famopus book burning in BebelPlatz. They have this huge memorial (big stack of books) on the site with a glass window on the ground that looks into a silent room with empty bookcases...very sad. But then yxou raise your head and what do you see all around you??? A University and one of the best libraries in the world! Diversity and higher learning everywhere. Love it.
Anyways, it is near the end of the day here. All of this walking makes me tired! I#m gonna stop in the bar at the corner for a quick drink then call it a night. Tomorrow is just a day of light shopping then to bed early as I have to get up at like 3am for the rain to Amsterdam.
Tschuess Alles!
Eric
1 comment:
I'm so happy you are having such a good time! And that you went to see the concentration camp. I know you weren't sure whether to do that or not but I'm glad you did and it sounds like you are too!! calle me asap when you get home.
OH, BTW, Bob is taking a road trip on his bike with some friends and eventually he is going to be in Vegas. MAybe even in LA so don;t be surprised if you get a phone call! He wants to see ya! TTYL
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