Twana and Dori traveled to Sweden to see the Harry Potter Exhibt (they're diehard fans!). They stayed in Stockholm and Nörrkoping, and both places stayed with a host from couchsurfers. They made good Swedish food, and played a lot of Swedish board games! I visited my friend who studies at the University of Bonn, a college town in northwest Germany.
Twana and Dori arrived to Berlin early in the morning, then met with our host, Hitesh, and got some much needed sleep. They visited the Berlin Wall, and I arrived that evening, and we went to the Festival of Culture! This was such a fun festival! There were tons of street vendors, and live music showing off the cultural diversity of Berlin. Each music stand had a different theme, such as Turkish Ska, African Reggae, Hip-hop, Rock, and Brazilian drums, and also African Drums (just to name the ones we stopped to dance at). We became very familiar with the S-Bahn in Berlin, it was our saving grace getting around. Europe has public transportation right!
The next day we slept in a little and went grocery shopping at a grocery in the hauptbanhhof. Then we went to Wansee to the Lake! It was a lot of fun; a beach in the middle of the forest! There were a lot of Berliners there as well trying to beat the heat, it was SO HOT the entire time we were in Berlin. We got back, and went to sit by the wall to enjoy the view of the water and people watching.
Our last day we were able to buy a museum a pass to Museuminsel (Museum Island) €9 with student IDs. This pass got you into five museums, but we only went to four. We visited the Altes Museum (Old), Pergamon Museum, Neuse Museum, and Bode Museum. This took up most of our day, but because we are nerds, we LOVED it! *Note, do not wear flip flops on a museum day, right Dori ;)
The funniest thing happened at the Pergamon Museum. Twana was chased by a group of Polish Students who asked if she would take a photo with them. We have no idea why, but of course, she is a good sport.
After the museums we hung out at the park by the river, and had "pre-ssert" of gelato. We met up with Hitesh to go eat Gumuse Doners, and we talked all night with Hitesh's friends. We were really interested in hearing their stories; they were 30 and 31 and still studying (for free!) their masters degrees. We had really great chats about racial issues as well as different biases that cultures have.
We really enjoyed Berlin! It is a very young city, population-wise, and very diverse! Lots of history we didn't get to see, but hopefully we will make it back one day (possibly to study!)
We are enjoying Stuttgart, and will update from GREECE!
Thanks for reading!
Chelsey and Twana
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