We had some free time this morning to explore Berlin. We decided to venture to the East Side Gallery. It was on my bucket list to see the Berlin Wall, so I was really looking forward to it.
It was really surreal to stand at the wall and think of what it once represented. To us, it looks like a simple concrete wall with mural paintings. However, to Germany it represents a division. That wall kept people away from their loved ones. It kept them away from living a free life. It was a really emotional thing to see.
The East Side Gallery is a portion of the wall that various artists decorated with murals. They helped morph something that was once a hideous, horrible thing, into a beautiful masterpiece. The murals were amazing. There was a wide range of different kinds of paintings. Some were thought provoking, some were tear-jerking and others were colorful and gave words of hope. I wish we would have more time to explore the entire length of the East Side Gallery, but what we were able to see was really breath taking.
Afterwards, we visited Deutsche Welle. Deutsche Welle is a public broadcasting station whose mission is to give German visions of life to the rest of the world. What was astonishing to me was that they broadcasted in four different languages: German, English, Spanish and Arabic. This company was extremely impressive and have accomplished a great deal of achievements.
We ate dinner at a small Italian place close to our hotel. After a delicious meal we snuggled up in our beds and went to sleep.
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