TravelingGirl2005

September 13 - Berlin

We met with our local guide Sarah again for another morning walking tour. This time we went through and around the Jewish quarter and Museum Island. There was an interesting memorial to the wives of Jewish detainees that managed to get their husbands freed after protesting. We saw a lot of interesting graffiti and random pieces of art during the walk too.

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I had lunch with Kathy, Judy and Bill in a restaurant near the Opera (I think). We sat outside as the day was nice. Kathy and I split a weinerschnitzel and German potato salad. It was really yummy (although the service was verrrrrrry slow). Since all of our feet were killing us, we thought a nice boat tour was just the ticket. Even though the tour was in German, and we didn't understand anything, we got some nice views.
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Kathy and I headed back to the hotel for a nap. (Ah... sleeping...) The group took a tram to dinner. We had a family-style dinner - very meat-centric. There were sausages and chicken and beef and sauerkraut and 2 kinds of dumplings. (One was kind of bready and the other was kind of starchy.) Oh, and beer. Ah...heaven...
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