Berlin: "Marissa is high on history" -Ashley

So I'm not the best blogger and it's hard to type on my iPod so sorry about not posting everyday. Also I'm bummed I can't upload my photos until I get my computer back. But Berlin... It's so amazing! I'm pretty sure I'm going to love every city I encounter in Europe just because I love it so much, but that doesn't make Berlin any less awesome. The people are great, you feel pretty safe even at night, and you can uncover gems everywhere. This is because it has so much HISTORY. Today besides seeing the franzosischer dome and the berliner dom, checkpoint Charlie, gendarmenmarkt, and more things I have trouble naming... We went to the topographie des terrors which is a museum built upon the headquarters of the Gestapo and the SS. The site where they planned and organized the final solution. On top of that intense experience there was a piece of the wall right over the series of photos and exhibits. Almost everywhere you look there is a piece of history and a story. Unlike our first day in Berlin where we just checked in and relaxed and before just figured out the s and u bahn from the airport, today we started our adventure in the pouring rain. I've seriously lived in my peacoat this trip. Bought an umbrella though! Haha Ashley and I want trench coats so badly now. In the rain we encountered a statue dedicated to the jewish children on board the trains to death and on the other side on the trains to life which we coordinated secretly to places all over Europe to save children. We almost missed it! Ash walked straight by it cause it was on a random street, but it was on the route so it made sense. Switching gears, we didn't eat really until the late afternoon and ashley finally got to try her currywurst! I decided to play it safe with a turkey based hotdog. I did have a German based dinner though, it was macaroni and cheese like with caramelized onions it was so good! That doesn't even compare to our apflstrudel though! It was basically heaven. We found a cute little local place for dinner and I hope the waitresses had a good time laughing at us :) I can't pronounce German things really haha. Oh i forgot! We heard a german politician speak today! At checkpoint charlie and there were so many policemen. Every time i hear a siren here i think of the bourne movies, its unavoidable. Today was just so great and I could go on forever but I should go to bed. Big day tomorrow! Brandenburg tor and the reichstag! look at we-the-redeemed for pictures!