Hallo aus Deutschland!!
When I first landed in Munich, Germany, I did not know what to expect from my first personal travel time. Walking around I noticed the architecture looked as elaborate as Italy’s. There were ginormous buildings everywhere with a lot of them having Gothic styling. I even went to the top of St. Peter’s Church and saw a sky-high view of Munich, which was beautiful. Afterwards, I tried currywurst with fries. The currywurst was good and the fries tasted like they were from America. I finished my meal and continued to explore Munich. I spent hours looking at shops and going inside those huge buildings from before, making sure to take a millions pictures along the way. One of the places I stopped at was the Hofbräuhaus, which is where Oktoberfest is held. It was really cool to see the place that I have heard about since I was in middle school. I had dinner there that night and it was one of the best decisions of my life. I have never been in a restaurant that was so full of life. Strangers were getting up and dancing along to the live band. It felt like I was at a live concert. Waking up the next day, I was a little exhausted from eating myself into oblivion at the Hofbräuhaus, but I was also excited because I was going to Dachau to see what was left of the former concentration camp. Nothing could compare to walking through the gas chamber. Just knowing what happened there and how many people were probably killed in that room, gave me the most chilling sensation I have ever had. I could not imagine what all of those people must have gone through. To uplift my spirit a little, I went to another well-known restaurant called Augustine-Keller. It was just as lively as the restaurant the night before, which really made me not want to leave Munich, but I had to. The next morning, I got onto a train and rode all the way to Berlin. Berlin was a lot more modernized than Munich, but just as beautiful. I walked around the city and saw a lot of historical buildings, like their government capital and the Berlin angel of victory. The next day I spent all morning shopping and part of the afternoon at the Berlin Wall. Actually seeing the wall was breathtaking, because having it built and torn down was such a huge part of Germany’s history. It made me feel like I was experiencing the wall being torn down myself. Even though I only spent three and a half days in Germany, it was definitely one of the best trips I have ever taken.
Abschied,
Jasmine Freeman

The Berlin Wall