We started off the day by jumping on the S-bahn and heading to the DDR Museum to find out about daily life in the socialist East Germany (1949-1989). As German students we already knew everything there was to possibly know about the DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik) but this museum is such a fun, hands on way to see how normal people lived that it really isn't worth missing! With our great railcards we even got a reduced ticket price, so there was not excuse not to go.
Wandering round the museum you can pretend to to be a Party Leader as modelled by my dear friend Rachel, be interrogated by a (black cut out) Stasi officer like Nick, and have a rest in the DDR style flat.
After visiting the DDR Museum we were all pretty peckish so went on a hunt for the traditional Currywurst (essentially a Bratwurst sausage with ketchup or curry sauce and curry powder on top. It sounds disgusting but I can promise you it's delicious.
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| Yum. |
We then headed over to the Brandenburger Tor again, this time to meet out tour guide for our free walking tour, something we would really recommend doing! The tour lasts 3 hours which sounds like a long time, but our tour guide was great so despite the constant drizzle and occasional torrential rain the time went very fast! We visited a lot of the famous attractions of Berlin: the cathedral, the university, and the old Stasi headquarters. The tour guide also gave us lots of great ideas for places we could visit during the rest of the week, like going to the top of the cathedral and inside the Konzerthaus. All in all a fab day!
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| Berlin Cathedral |
