Noah and Nina-
The date was Monday, June 18th. And this was to be our second excursion into the heart of the city, Berlin.
We woke up this morning, had breakfast, and jumped on the train to be led by Wolfgang, Lene's father, on a tour of the city. We stopped by some cool buildings, like a memorial for victims of war and violence, the Brandenburg Gate. The gate is a symbol of the Berlin and German division during the Cold War, it's now a symbol of peace and unity in Germany. 
We went to two Holocaust Memorials today, one was for the murdered European Sinti and Roma, groups of gypsies. The other was 2711 big, stone blocks. They represented the graves of the Jews that did not receive a proper grave. Each block had a different height, length, and position. 
In between the memorials, we went to the Reichstag building. It is the meeting place of the German parliament. We had an audio guide of the glass dome. It gave an amazing view of the city.
After we got kicked out because we were loitering, we went to the Mall of Berlin. We spent 2 hours shopping and doing whatever we wanted in the mall. When it was time to meet up, a sort of a flash mob began. Of course some people in our group wanted to join in. At first they had the Cupid Shuffle playing, which many of us danced to, then the group who had started the flash mob did a dramatic interpretation of a story of life with and without Jesus. It was a very interesting dance.
We took an underground train from the mall to our stop for a river tour on the River Spree. Once our boat finally came, we were given dinner and amazing views of the city. 
After the tour, everyone went back to the hostel. We all said goodbye to Carly, since she was leaving early. Then we went to our rooms to hang out and write blogs (like this one!) until we went to bed for the night.
Over all, we would say that it was a pretty good day and we look forward to what time we have left here before we fly back home.
-Nina and Noah
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