Monday, May 1, 2017

Week 8

This weekend we finally got to go to Berlin. It was so interesting to see the giant dome at the top of the building of the former Nazi headquarters. It had great views and stood for the peace among nations that should be represented. We also saw all of the diplomatic buildings and embassies around it. We did attempt to go to the currywurst museum, however they were apparently having rennovations done. We did get to see checkpoint Charlie, the location of where the first german soldier crossed over from east Berlin to the west. We did go along the border and see the Berlin wall, which had beautiful depictions of freedom, oppression, and more, on each block of concrete. We spent the day doing that and enjoying the scenery of the city.





The following day we went to the Pergamom museum which was about the history of the ancient empires, like Mesopotamia and Babylon. It was interesting to see the history that has not been mentioned very often in our history classes throughout the years. we learned how one empire would rule and influence those around it and the methods of architecture and lifestyle one would have compared to the next.

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