BSS Cruise 2011

Berlin

Berlin, as you know, is not ON the Baltic Sea. It took a three hour train ride to get there. But it was SO worth it. We had arranged an walking tour through Original Berlin Walks with Finn. It was a fantastic way to see the city and get a history lesson along the way. I was fascinated with the history. I want to go back to Berlin and go to all the museums. While most of Berlin was destroyed during WWII there are remnants of the war. In a few places you can see bullet holes and shrapnel. A surreal experience seeing the actual wall. I remember (9th grade) when the wall "came down".

Poor Kara brushed up against some kind of stinging nettle at the site of Hitler's bunker. {yep ... the site is a parking lot}
(bad things still happen around Hitler!)

Highlight for me -- the Katie Kollwitz sculpture ... oh and the chocolate!