Berlin

After leaving Stockholm around 8:30 in the morning, we traveled on three different trains and one ferry to arrive in Berlin after 11 that night. It was exhausting! Once recovered from our long day and night of traveling, we set out to see the sights of Berlin. The weather was beautiful on our first day and we walked throughout the city, stopping to see the Berlin Wall Memorial, the Brandenburg Gate and Checkpoint Charlie, among other sites. The following day, we took the train (well, three different trains and one bus - travel in Germany is not easy!) to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp just outside the city. Unlike the previous day, it was cold and rainy, which seemed appropriate for visiting such a place. Although most of the original buildings were torn down after the camp was no longer in use, there were a few buildings that remained and gave us a picture of what it had been like for the prisoners. While the visit to Berlin may not have been entirely pleasant, we did learn a lot about the history of the city and how it is still recovering from its turbulent past.

At the Brandenburg gate:


Berlin Wall memorial:


Checkpoint Charlie:


Barracks at Sachsenhausen: