A few Tuesdays ago we got an email saying our Thursday class was cancelled ... we quickly checked Skyscanner for cheap flights to 'Anywhere' and the cheapest result was Berlin. So we packed our bags and after class on Wednesday went straight to the airport.
With only a couple of days to see the city we decided they best thing to do would be join a free walking tour. The weather was a lot better than our trip to Copenhagen and we had a great tour guide so we really enjoyed the tour.
We saw the Brandenburg Gate.
Visited the Holocaust Memorial which consists 2,711 concrete slabs arranged in a grid pattern on a slopping site.
Interestingly, despite Hitler's huge impact in history, there is no memorial or tribute to him anywhere in Berlin. We visited the place where Hitler's bunker was, which is a very unimpressive area, basically converted into a car park.
We also took a trip to Berlin zoo. With over 1,500 different species and almost 20,500 animals the zoo has the most comprehensive collection of species in the world.
I found the zoo very impresses as a lot of the enclosures are very open plan and without cages or glass, instead they have a open drop between the animals and visitors, making you feel closer to the animals.
The last activity on our list was to walk the Eastside Gallery, even though it is nearly a mile it was worth the walk, seeing the different displays of art representing Berlin.
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