Berlin

Ugh, Ryanair is horrible. ALWAYS delayed. I dont understand how they advertise that they the "ONTIME AIRLINE!"
Anyways, I wasn't really that excited about going to Germany, but it ended up being really fun!
I still dont really understand the public transportation system there.. its like S-BAHN U-BAHN... but i guess it is pretty efficient.
The hostel we stayed at was just opened a few months ago so it was really nice and a good location.
The first day we started at Brandenburg gate - which is the really famous gate, symbol of the cold war. Then we walked over to the Reichstag which is their parliament building. we waited in line for 2 HOURS to go inside and go up an elevator. At the top they this glass dome thing that you can look out from. I guess it was worth the wait... especially because it was free.
After that we headed over to the Jewish Museum. It was a really well put together museum - lots to see! Their audio guides were Ipods! anways, the museum basically just outlined the history of the jewish people from the waaaay beginning. There were memorials to the holocaust that were really interesting. Like this one room was full of these faces that were carved out of iron. There were probably like thousands on the ground and when people on top of them it makes this eerie clanking noise. They also had this weird room powered solely by natural light.
After that we went to checkpoint charlie - which is the famous border between the east and west when the wall was there. it has that sign that says "You are now leaving the American sector" and there's like dressed up guards and things. We walked further down and saw this part of the berlin wall that had an exhibit about the SS and Gestapo. These like Turkish people or something kept bothering us. They'd come up and ask ENGLISH??? and then they would make you read something and it would be sad story about their father or something and then ask for money.. so we kind of hurried through that part and went back to our hostel.
The next day we saw the best preserved part of the wall. Where the graffiti of the two old men kissing (i'm not really sure who they are.. but i think they were political figures...) and then the car that smashed through the wall. The wall is really covered in Graffiti everywhere and its kidn of cool to walk alongside it.
Then we saw the Holocaust memorial which is just a lot of rectangular columns of different sizes (i'll post pictures later) We walked down Unter den Linden which is a main street in Berlin and made our way to the "Museum Island" and went into the Pergamuseum. It had this reconstruction of a big alter from Greek times from asia minor (turkey). They also had this big gate from Babylonian times that was reconstructed. It came with a free audioguide so I think I got a lot more out of it.
Anways, after that we got Bratwurst and then later I got this Curryworst which is a Berlin creation. pretty good! We also tried schnitzel - which is just breaded pork.
I think we all got a kick out of listening to the German language in general.. it just sounds funny. I dont know why. Amy had these peopel come up to her and ask Sprechen Sie Englisch?? - NEIN! Which is funny because those were the only phrases we had learned how to say. Also there were a lot of asians there! it seemed quite strange.