Hi all,
we're back in Berlin, another day at school, more walking and touring afterwards, then cake and coffee (ok, a coffee substitute for me made of grain). tonight it's Germany vs Austria in soccer. I really need more sleep. yes, I know, sleep when you get home...

We did make the Reeperbahn in Hamburg Saturday night - it reminded me of Mardi Gras in New orleans except this is every weekend in Hamburg. It is noticably not as crowded in Hamburg as in Berlin. People talk slower, too. We did not make the Fish Market Sunday morning, but did find a really beautiful park. thought about going to bed early last night, but the soccer game was too exciting and then Turkey won and the neighborhood exploded with noise.

Today in school, one of the history-politics teachers showed us a film about the building and tearing down of the Berlin Wall from the German point of view. We talked a little bit about the fact that he was a West Berliner and Kerstin is an East Berliner - different views of same events. then we toured the city and saw pieces of the Wall that are still standing. He told us more about the neighborhoods which were divided. It was all very interesting and I hope that it made some impression on the students - to see it live is different than a picture in a book.

tomorrow we go to the concentration camp Sachsenhausen.

more then,