Day 4
We went on another bus ride/nap to Berlin. We were dropped off at Potsdamer Platz for lunch and some exploring time.
Potsdamer Platz is a really cool modern building. This is the roof. The modern feel of Berlin is one of my favorite parts. It is so different than most other European cities. It feels much more American. We continued walking around and ran into the Memorial for the Murdered Jews in Europe. It is full of various sizes of tilted blocks and creates feelings of loneliness and isolation.
The memorial, we ate at the German restaurant right behind it, this is where I had my meal of weisswurst. Delicious as long as you don't think what is in it.
Next we went on a tour of an Berlin Underground bunker from WWII. We couldn't take any pictures, but it was cool. They had this really cool paint that glowed in the dark so they could see how to get around despite blackouts.
That night we went to one of the coolest parts of the trip, the Unsicht Bar. For non-german speakers, that means the blindness bar. After quite the journey to get there, which included wandering around Berlin for an hour in a group of 33 people looking for the wrong address. Once we got there we divided into our tables and met our waiters, our blind waiters. To enter into the PITCH BLACK restaurant, we had to line up holding shoulders. The waiter placed us into each of our seats. Literally, you could not see anything. It was crazy trying to eat, cut things, pour my beer into its glass, all while not being able to see anything. Everyone talked louder and ended up eating with their hands. It was true though, with one sense deprived taste was heightened. 
The view down into the Reichstag
The view down into the ReichstagDay 5
Company 3-Bayer Schering in the morning
We had another one of our delicious meals. This time, we ate on top of the Reichstag looking over Berlin. It was great food AND we got to skip the giant line for the Reichstag. It was really cool, I hadn't been to the top of it yet. It has this giant glass dome on the top and you walk up around the domes along these ramps. You can also look down onto the floor of the German government, symbolizing the transparency of the German government after the Nazi regime. Unfortunately, after walking around the dome my camera ran out of batteries, so I didn't have it for the rest of the day. We went on a bike tour around Berlin. Our tour guide was really funny, and with our luck, it immediately started to rain/sleet once we started to bike. I was obviously really good after all my biking practice in CPH. My bike had a name, Donna Summers. Therefore, Last Dance was stuck in my head the entire ride. We hit all the major sights, Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall, Potsdamer Platz, Brandenberg Gate, the Reichstag, Berliner Dom, and Museum Island.
After a short coffee break, we tried to go to the Jewish Museum. The coffee break was a mistake, because we were too late to go through the Museum. Instead, we walked to the Pergammon Museum, where DIS paid for us to get audio guides. It was amazing, it is this huge greek temple in the middle of Berlin. We then had a late German dinner.
Day 6
Company Visit 4- Zendome (they make geodesic domes)
We had some time before lunch to walk around Alexanderplatz, where this great little Easter market was going on. There were these adorable little goats! I spent most of my time just watching them.
The little baby ones just kept hopping around!
We then had lunch at a German Brewhouse, where I stuffed myself with more excellent German food. We then took a train out to Sachsenhausen, one of the first Concentration Camps. We had audio guides to tell us more about the camp. On our walk back to the train, we noticed some ominous clouds. We were right to be scared, because it started to pour when we were only halfway through our walk. We all got on the train soaking wet, then split since the tour was officially over. We went out to eat by KaDaWe (the famous department store in West Berlin) and the Gedachtniskirche, the famous church they left bombed out as a memorial to the devastation of WWII.
After dinner, I made a stop back to our hostel to pick up my luggage and then off to my hotel. Well, after the train ride and getting slightly lost while looking for the hotel, I arrived around midnight. Even though I had only about 6 hours of time there, it was totally worth it. I had my own bed and shower! The next morning I saw my second sunrise, since I had to be up so early for my flight for LONDON!
Company 3-Bayer Schering in the morning
We had another one of our delicious meals. This time, we ate on top of the Reichstag looking over Berlin. It was great food AND we got to skip the giant line for the Reichstag. It was really cool, I hadn't been to the top of it yet. It has this giant glass dome on the top and you walk up around the domes along these ramps. You can also look down onto the floor of the German government, symbolizing the transparency of the German government after the Nazi regime. Unfortunately, after walking around the dome my camera ran out of batteries, so I didn't have it for the rest of the day. We went on a bike tour around Berlin. Our tour guide was really funny, and with our luck, it immediately started to rain/sleet once we started to bike. I was obviously really good after all my biking practice in CPH. My bike had a name, Donna Summers. Therefore, Last Dance was stuck in my head the entire ride. We hit all the major sights, Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall, Potsdamer Platz, Brandenberg Gate, the Reichstag, Berliner Dom, and Museum Island.
After a short coffee break, we tried to go to the Jewish Museum. The coffee break was a mistake, because we were too late to go through the Museum. Instead, we walked to the Pergammon Museum, where DIS paid for us to get audio guides. It was amazing, it is this huge greek temple in the middle of Berlin. We then had a late German dinner.
Day 6
Company Visit 4- Zendome (they make geodesic domes)
We had some time before lunch to walk around Alexanderplatz, where this great little Easter market was going on. There were these adorable little goats! I spent most of my time just watching them.
The little baby ones just kept hopping around!
We then had lunch at a German Brewhouse, where I stuffed myself with more excellent German food. We then took a train out to Sachsenhausen, one of the first Concentration Camps. We had audio guides to tell us more about the camp. On our walk back to the train, we noticed some ominous clouds. We were right to be scared, because it started to pour when we were only halfway through our walk. We all got on the train soaking wet, then split since the tour was officially over. We went out to eat by KaDaWe (the famous department store in West Berlin) and the Gedachtniskirche, the famous church they left bombed out as a memorial to the devastation of WWII.
After dinner, I made a stop back to our hostel to pick up my luggage and then off to my hotel. Well, after the train ride and getting slightly lost while looking for the hotel, I arrived around midnight. Even though I had only about 6 hours of time there, it was totally worth it. I had my own bed and shower! The next morning I saw my second sunrise, since I had to be up so early for my flight for LONDON!
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