We were so wiped out yesterday that I didn’t post. So here is the post for yesterday.

Oh Berlin! While it is still not my number 1 city in Germany, it is still in my top 3. Berlin embraces its history; the good, the bad, and the ugly. I’m a nerd and a sucker for history and Berlin has it.

We did a hop on hop off tour again because we knew there was just so much to see. If you are going to be in Berlin for 3 days or less, we HIGHLY recommend it. You can see all the things and then decide what you want to go back to later (ie the zoo).

Once we got to Checkpoint Charlie, I got a tad emotional. It hit me that my dad has lived on both sides of the wall as a German and as a German-American. He was born in and lived in East Germany until the age of 14 (he turned 15 in Munich on the west side). Then he came back and lived in Bremerhaven as an American solider. Reading the stories of people trying to get across that border, many surviving and many not, it hit me just how lucky he was.

And cut the emotional scene

Anyway, there were so many beautiful buildings and so many historical sites. Definitely spend some time if you can!

Side note; the photos are not in order. Between editing and consolidating mine, Wade’s, and Keely’s photos there were just too many and I’m still tired lol!