The Berlin Theatre...

I've been stressing about not having enough time in Berlin to see anything and now it is going to be an even greater problem! I would love to extend my stay here by another 2 days but that will only leave me with a day back in Civitanova to get myself sorted... which is so not enough, considering I still need to see Ilaria!!! I'll just ahve to come back. As with most places! But anyway we did a walking tour today for just 10 euro which is advertised as being 4 hours long, and ended up being over 6 hours, plus a green Berliner Beer afterwards! It was by far the best tour I've been on so far, and if anyone is going to Berlin, look up Insider tours. The guy we had was actually on his second last tour and showed us all his favourite parts, which he wouldn't normally include - he is about to head back to Canada to his normal profession, working with the Opera! And boy did we see some theatrics on this tour! He practically reenacted the whole political situation surrounding the erecting and abolition of the Berlin wall, and had me a little teary once or twice. He himself was so overwhelmed by his own theatrics on occasions that he had to turn away and take a moment! Awesome.

All the monuments around the city are mind-blowing. So many buildings have been reconstructed multiple times, some still have bullet holes in them, some are very modern and abstract, both subtle and conspicuous, but all really commemorate the horrors quite accurately. It's obvious that people might not necessarily want to talk about their bloody history, still quite fresh in many people's minds, but they are not willing to risk forgetting it! Around every corner there is some kind of testament to the war or the wall or the jews.

Still not sure what to do with tomorrow, but there's a bike tour out to Potsdam where there are castles - I missed the Schloss in Munich so if it's sunny I might hit that up!! There are hundreds of museums I want to go to but Iäll never make it to all of them. This city deserves a while week.

Love to all, hope you aren't getting bored by reading this!

Kels xox