Taking over from Georgia... hoping to do as good of a job :)
Polinka, Romik, Maya, Isabella, and I finally arrived to Berlin at around 1:30pm having been delayed at Newark for 6 hours due to the thunderstorms that also knocked out the power at Terminal C. Tegel airport section where the bus dropped us off, with the crowds of people sitting in the floor, no a/c and the overall layout reminded us of an airport in one of the Caribbean destinations
Danik, Georgia, and Isabela met us near our hotel. Our hotel was en route of the gay pride parade so as soon as we arrived we were greeted with the pulsing sounds of techno outside our windows (and off course Dan with the kids.
The party was awesome. Float after float passed by filled with singing and dancing crowds. Very energizing. The kids also got their first views of grown up anatomy of both genders. As we learned later in the day nudity is viewed as something natural, in contrast to the US, and no one freaks out (yet) at the sight of a naked bum, or breasts, or more.
We dropped off our stuff and Danik led us to the gorgeous (even he said so) little mall overlooking the zoo, the Bikinihaus. Sweet modern wooden architecture inside with distractions for kids not to count the primate exhibit outside was a perfect accompanement for the foodcourt filled with cute little nooks serving food from all over the world. A perfect way to start our explorations together.
We took U to see the Berlin Wall murals. It was somehow less impressive than last time, partly because there were some later works, and partly because political murals are best understood in the context. And at this point we have too little of it left.
Walked to Checkpoint Charlie and stopped at the beach to dunk kids onto the sand and for us to have a drink.
Next stop was the DDR museum by the Museum Mile. Lots of Soviet era exhibits which were better than the stuff we grew up with and for that reason more depressive. They did appear to seek solace in sexual liberation and museum covers the subject at length and from the different angles. Kids had lots of fun driving the Trabant - they had one at the museum with the road projection onto the dashboard.
It started to rain and we ran to the mini food court around the corner. Had a very relaxing German meal under the watchful eye of a Russian waiter. Grabbed U back and called it a day. Vacations are awesome!
Polinka, Romik, Maya, Isabella, and I finally arrived to Berlin at around 1:30pm having been delayed at Newark for 6 hours due to the thunderstorms that also knocked out the power at Terminal C. Tegel airport section where the bus dropped us off, with the crowds of people sitting in the floor, no a/c and the overall layout reminded us of an airport in one of the Caribbean destinations
Danik, Georgia, and Isabela met us near our hotel. Our hotel was en route of the gay pride parade so as soon as we arrived we were greeted with the pulsing sounds of techno outside our windows (and off course Dan with the kids.
The party was awesome. Float after float passed by filled with singing and dancing crowds. Very energizing. The kids also got their first views of grown up anatomy of both genders. As we learned later in the day nudity is viewed as something natural, in contrast to the US, and no one freaks out (yet) at the sight of a naked bum, or breasts, or more.
We dropped off our stuff and Danik led us to the gorgeous (even he said so) little mall overlooking the zoo, the Bikinihaus. Sweet modern wooden architecture inside with distractions for kids not to count the primate exhibit outside was a perfect accompanement for the foodcourt filled with cute little nooks serving food from all over the world. A perfect way to start our explorations together.
We took U to see the Berlin Wall murals. It was somehow less impressive than last time, partly because there were some later works, and partly because political murals are best understood in the context. And at this point we have too little of it left.
Walked to Checkpoint Charlie and stopped at the beach to dunk kids onto the sand and for us to have a drink.
Next stop was the DDR museum by the Museum Mile. Lots of Soviet era exhibits which were better than the stuff we grew up with and for that reason more depressive. They did appear to seek solace in sexual liberation and museum covers the subject at length and from the different angles. Kids had lots of fun driving the Trabant - they had one at the museum with the road projection onto the dashboard.
It started to rain and we ran to the mini food court around the corner. Had a very relaxing German meal under the watchful eye of a Russian waiter. Grabbed U back and called it a day. Vacations are awesome!
Awesome job Georgia! Just read through a bunch of your posts, you should make an album that has some of the pictures and associated comments next to it.
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