Ok. So today was a lot of fun we started w the altes museum (lots of ancient Greek statues and vases, and Egyptian stuff, including the nefertiti bust). We enjoyed that. Then we went over to the pergamon museum. They had giant ancient stuff. Like full buildings. Then across the street to an Italian place. Funny to say grazie in Germany. It was raining really hard. So we stayed there for a long time. When it stopped raining we headed up unter den linden (a huge boulevard) towards the brandenburg gate. We enjoyed our stroll. At the gate we took lots of pics (remember when Reagan stood w it in the background and said "mr gorbechev tear down this wall!"). The hotel adlon was right there too! (where Michael Jackson held his baby over the balcony w a towel over the babys head).
Then it started raining. Like really hard. The wind was blowing hard. We hung under the gate for awhile. When it slowed down we walked over to the Reichstag (the parliament building). We're gonna go back tomorrow to go in.

Then we walked back down unter den linden (we stopped at a cafe to have a beer-and to use their bathrooms). On the way back we shopped a little..buying some touristy stuff. When we got back to the museum area (which is an island) we took lots of pics. The Berliner dome was so gorgeous. Its this old cathedral. It was gutted a while back. But the outside is amazing. Then we came back to the hostel to drop our stuff off.
Then we walked back to the nearby square to have dinner. Kilkinneys Irish pub was perfect. Pubs always seem to have great food! And they had a cricket game on. So tourists were coming in to watch the game.
We just got back to the room. And wow we are tired. Tomorrow we check out and go to the crazy hotel on the other side of berlin.
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So today was a blast. Ill write more later. We are currently at an Irish pub just around the corner from our hostel. Waiting for our food. We haven't eaten German food yet. Oops. Oh well. Ok. We'll write all abt the day after dinner.
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Raining really hard. Standing under the brandenburg gate. W lots of other people until the rain lightens.
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Lara. At the prospect of leaving the nice warm restaurant and heading out in the cold and rain.
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Just spent the morning looking at really old stuff. Ancient stuff from Greece and Egypt. Like this pic. From the ishtar gate. So cool!
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