We had free time on Sunday and most of us went over to one of the two giant, weekly flea markets in Berlin. There were a ton of street performers at the entrance which were pretty good. Later, we went to a restaurant to watch the world cup game which was a lot of fun. The entire place stood up and cheered when Germany scored and everyone (in the whole city) went crazy when they won. All the cars driving by were honking non-stop and whenever people passed each other they yelled, "YEAH!" or "DEUTSCHLAND" (or "GERMANY" - there were actually a lot of people yelling in English). Even the police cars and fire trucks took part in the impromptu parades driving around.
Giant screen showing the World Cup
Germany scores!
Our group after Germany won
Day 14 - Nazi Walking Tour
Today we went on a 8 hour walking tour of Berlin which was mostly geared toward World War II sites but there were quite a few Cold War era sites we stopped at as well. We saw a lot of memorials, murals, buildings built during the Nazi regime, as well as visited the Topography of Terror. For lunch we got Döner Kebab which were really good.
Memorial to the 96 members of the Weimar Republic Parliament who were murdered
Memorial to the Sinti and Roma
Memorial to the Soviet soldiers killed in the Battle of Berlin
Memorial to the persecuted homosexuals
Holocaust Memorial
Holocaust memorial
Memorial to Georg Elser who was a part of the Resistance to the Nazis
National Socialism Mural: Leisure time
National Socialism Mural: Three levels of society: the academic, the peasant, and the worker
National Socialism Mural: At work
Berlin Wall and Topography of Terror
Building with bullet holes from WWII preserved
First traffic light in Berlin
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