Took a walk to the DDR museum (not like the video game but like GDR). Again, another cool, interactive museum. There was a closet where everyone could pick old school clothing to try on, and an old car you could ride in. There were drawers and cabinets to open all over the place with exhibits inside, and headphones to listen to.
Afterward, Ty Huynh and I went to get ice cream. Mango lassi ice cream: SO, SO delicious!
Later that day was a long bus tour. Saw the Berlin wall & extension of the Berlin wall memorial. Saw another Pieta (there are so many) inside a Pantheon-esque building (well, with the hole in the ceiling).
There was a memorial in one of the big squares. One was to memorialize the book-burning event where many young Germans, mostly Nazi affiliated, collected and mass-burnt Jewish books. Nearby, a plaque reads (in German): "Where books burn, people will burn also." A post-book-burning, pre-Holocaust quote. Eerie.
Saw the Olympic stadium in Berlin. Quite impressive. Passed by Potsdamer Plats, formerly the site of Hitler's headquarters. Now it is a gigantic shopping area. Controversy ensues.
We ended at the German Parliamentary building. It was impressive, to say the least. We had the best tour guide. I must say that I very much enjoy the German sense of humor. Beautiful building, lots of pictures. The rooftop dome was amazing. Cool mirror structure. The dome is open at the top. The guide left us before we reached the dome, but he did pre-empt our questions. "People like to ask if the dome is open at the top. The answer is yes. Then people always ask what happens if it rains. The answer is, we get wet."
And yes, we went to the thai place again for lunch AND dinner that day. Heh. Well I did. Ty Huynh and JJ each accompanied me for 2/3 of the times...
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