Day 13: The Berlin Wall and The Ballet

Today began with a lecture on the Berlin Wall followed by a visit to the Berlin Wall Memorial (and then a little more lecture/ Q and A).  It was interesting, but like so much else related to the wall, sad too.  Lunch was at a Swiss restaurant.  In one section of the restaurant, a movie was being made.  Unfortunately, I don't really know any German actors/actresses so I can't tell you who they were.  From what I heard, one of them was famous, but the others were less famous.  Anyway, I had some good fondue at lunch among other things. We had the rest of the day free so two other girls and I went back to the Berlin Wall to take some pictures and look around a bit.  We think we took the scenic route to get there, but we somehow made it, it just took us longer than we thought to get there.  By some miracle and decent public transportation we successfully made our way to the Opera House later to meet up with some more people from our group to see "Sleeping Beauty," the ballet.  We figured since ballet doesn't involve talking, that was a good thing to see in a country where you don't speak the language.  It was long, hot inside,  and a bit different from the story I know, but I still enjoyed the show.  I like a good ballet.  It was also cool to see a ballet in another country because how often do you get to do that in life.  After the show, it was getting late so we took the subway and then walked a bit back to our hotel.

 Memorial to those who died related to the wall (i.e. trying to cross the border)

 By the Opera House