I don't know what is more tiring, walking up giant hills in each city or spending the day in museums. Today we visited five museums: The East Side Gallery, the Pergamon Museum, the German History Museum, the Topography of Terror, and the Jewish Museum. That trip lasted about eight hours and our heads are filled to the brim with history I'd say. About 95% of the history we read about was from the 1900s. Tomorrow we plan to use our museum pass for just a few more after a trip to Potsdam and the 1936 Olympic Stadium. Hopefully we can squeeze it all in (both the information in our heads, and the sights in one day)!
The East Side Gallery is a 1.3 km (almost a mile) long remaining piece of the Berlin Wall that was opened up to a handful of artists for decorating (there were around 106 sections/paintings/artists).
One of the gallery sections.
More of the gallery.
I love this! It's a cartoon of Checkpoint Charlie and, according to the story that our tour guide from yesterday told us, it is depicting a guy who purchased a very short car with a removable windshield breaking his his girlfriend (in the backseat) and her mother (in the trunk) out of East Berlin. I liked that story.
Pergamon Museum
German History Museum (a former palace)
The Topography of Terror Museum (outdoor bit) which is the former foundation of one of the main Nazi buildings.
The inside of the Topography of Terror
Checkpoint Charlie which is now just a tourist trap unfortunately.
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