27 Juni-- Day 3

First day of classes-- a short walk, one stop on a bus, and a couple of subway stops away, and I'm at the IBZ. After class, we did a little tour of the area around the school, and we were introduced to the Dömer. Google it! Sehr Lecker (very yummyyyyy) Afterwards, we decided to sit in Rüdesheimer Platz, the name of both the U-Bahn stop and the actual Platz (square).


There is an awesome bike tour that you can do in Berlin (and also in London, Barcelona, and Paris) with this American company named Fat Tire Bikes. So 7 /10 of us did a 4.5 hour or so bike tour (don't worry, Berlin is very flat) of the main attractions in die Mitte (the middle) of Berlin. Things like the TV tower, Reichstag, Siegessäule (Victory Column (which I believe was constructed after all those Germanic states were united?)), Checkpoint Charlie, remmnants of the Berlin Wall, and my favorite

Der Brandenburger Tor (Brandenburg Gate)

And here's some other pictures, because I liked the way they came out.

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The huge green field that you (mostly) can't see used to be the site of the Palast der Republik, and the Stadtschloß (which used to be the huge huge huge palace that the Prussian Kings got to live it up in)

Humboldt University
The top of it. Look at that sun.

And I just thought this was funny because it said "The World"

And on the way back we stopped at a Biergarten. Then we got back on the bikes (good idea? Surprisingly so) And then long story short... We can't understand construction warnings, and it took us from 9:45 to 12:00 (or rather 21:45-24:00) to get home. Let's just say that I'll definitely keep an eye out for U-Bahn work signs from now on.