Deutsches Historisches Museum

March 27:

We got up early today because the hostel required us to switch rooms. We were thus out of our room at 11am and told we could get our new room around 3pm. Out on the street with our bags safely secured we again headed north to see the sights. We took a different route this time and were able to see many cool buildings. This time I remembered to bring my camera with me. Seeing Berlin in all its glory on this beautiful sunny day reminded me why Berlin was my favorite city last time I was here. It is architecturally gorgeous in a way unlike any other European city because so much of it was destroyed in the war that it has new radical buildings all over the place. We walked up to the Brandenburg Gate then over to Museum Island, stopping on the way for schnitzel and Starbucks. Upon getting to the island we wandered around taking in the beautiful buildings. I really didn’t want to see any more ancient Greek or Egyptian artifacts because we had seen so many already at the Louvre and the Vatican so we headed to the Deutsches Historisches Museum, a museum tracing the history of Germany from ancient times to the modern era. It was pretty interesting and had lots of old weapons in it. After seeing the museum we were tired from a long day out and our coffee had thoroughly worn off so we headed back to the hostel to check back in and rest before heading out to get food. We went to the kebab stand we had went to two night prior and the line was really long. I thought we should head back to the hostel and grab something from their restaurant but Pat was convinced it wouldn’t be very long before we got food so we waited. It took us 50 minutes waiting out in the cold but we eventually got our goat cheese garden salad kebabs. Once back in our rooms we ate, watched some tv then headed to bed.