THE BERLIN WALL - 2019.

  ALOHA EVERYONE!!!

ANOTHER DAY OF TOURING TO ANOTHER HISTORIC PLACE WITH SO MUCH HISTORY.

I WASN'T A HUGE FAN OF HISTORY DURING HIGH SCHOOL AND THE BERLIN WALL WAS ONE OF THE POPULAR SUBJECTS THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN MY WORLD HISTORY CLASS.  I SLEPT THROUGH MOST OF THE CLASS OR NOT EVEN SHOW UP AT ALL AND I'D ALSO CUT SCHOOL TO GO BODYBOARDING AT THE BEACH.  BUT AS I GOT OLDER AND THE INTERNET SURFACED, I GOOGLED IT UP AND WAS VERY SURPRISED AND SHOCKED AT THE HISTORY OF IT ALL.  AND 30 YEARS LATER I AM ON MY WAY THE THIS HISTORIC SITE!!!

GOING ON THE BUS FOR A CHANGE

AND WE HAVE ARRIVED AT "THE BERLIN WALL"

LINK--->THE BERLIN WALL MEMORIAL

AS SOON AS I ARRIVED, IMMEDIATELY MY BODY BEGAN TO SHIVER, AND NOT BECAUSE IT WAS COLD IN THE AIR.  

AS I STOOD BETWEEN THESE REBARBS METALS, I COULD NOT EVEN IMAGINE WHAT IT MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES, THE SEPARATION, THE BLOODSHED, THE COLD WAR.

LOOKING UP THE WALL FROM THE EAST BLOC SIDE WHICH WAS OCCUPIED BY THE SOVIETS AND THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

DEFINITELY ERIE!!!

MORE WALLS THAT WERE TAKEN DOWN AND ERECTED HERE FOR REMEMBRANCE WITH ITS ORIGINAL GRAFFITI ARTS.

MEMORIAL WALL OF PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES.

I'LL KEEP IT SHORT, THIS PLACE WILL FOREVER BE A PLACE OF SADNESS AND EMPTINESS, BUT NOT FOR AN EXCUSE TO BE UPSET, BUT A REMINDER OF WHAT HAD TO TAKE PLACE IN ORDER TO LIVE TODAY AS THE PRESENT OF TODAY'S GERMANY.  THE MEMORIAL CENTER WAS CLOSED WHEN WE CAME BUT I WILL RETURN AGAIN AT ANOTHER TRIP AND VISIT THE CENTER.

AFTER SPENDING MOST OF THE MORNING HERE, WE FOUND A NEARBY CAFE FOR SOME SNACKS.

          

I WENT TO STARBUCKS TOO FOR THE FREE WIFI, OR WAS IT THE CHEESECAKES??? 

BACK ON THE BUS AGAIN TO OUR HOTEL, THIS KID NEXT TO ME WAS TOO CUTE TO IGNORE, I FLASHED HIM THE "HAWAIIAN SHAKA" AND HE DID THE SAME BACK.  I ONLY WISHED I GOT A SELFIE OF HIM DOING IT.

SABINA MESSAGED ME AS SOON AS I ARRIVED BACK TO THE HOTEL AND INVITED US TO HAVE DINNER!!!

SABINA AND MAREN TOOK US OUT TO "AUSTRIA" FOR DINNER.

LINK--->AUSTRIA

     

     

     

DON'T ASK ME WHAT I ATE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THESE AMAZING DISHES ARE CALLED, BUT I DO REMEMBER WHAT THEY ALL TASTE LIKE AND I DIDN'T HOLD BACK, I MEAN EVERYTHING WAS SO GOOD.  

I EVEN GOT SOME FREE SHOTS OF AUSTRIAN APRICOT WHISKEY WITH OUR AWESOME WAITER!!!

MAREN, SABINA, ME, CHRISTINA

SABINA & MAREN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING US OUT FOR DINNER.  I WILL FOREVER REMEMBER THE BEGINNING OF OUR WONDERFUL FRIENDSHIP.  AND HAVING FRIENDS IN BERLIN, GERMANY IS A BEAUTIFUL BLESSING!!!

KEEP PLAYING THE UKULELE AND I'LL RETURN TO PLAY WITH YOU BOTH!!!

ANOTHER WONDERFUL DAY CONCLUDED WITH TEARS AS I ALREADY MISS THEM AND CAN'T WAIT TO REUNITE SOON!!!

AWWWRITE!!!

WAIPA