The first full day of Berlin. What an incredible learning adventure. There is so much history to know and to understand. The wall, the cold war, Checkpoint Charlie, the museums - everything.
A busy busy day but the most moving was the Halocaust memorial - a series of stones and paths that you follow - as you go deeper into the stones, the silence overtakes you, even the echo of your footsteps fade...
An eerie and unsettling reminder about one of the darkest parts of our history. Very moving!
Walking thru the town is a mixture of new and old and war and peace - brilliant heritage buildings sitting across from squat concrete bunkers. I can't describe it in a few short sentences.
And now I must run, a new day has begun and I can't risk being late!
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