Berlin rocks

I spent the past four days in Berlin, and I can honestly say I love this city. With the possible exception of London, it is by far the most diverse city I've visited in Europe. It also has an amazing subculture that developed during the Cold War in West Berlin, and spread to the rest of the city after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

On my first day I did a free tour which was amazing for multiple reasons. First, the tour itself was very informative and I had an amazing tour guide (from a small town in Missouri!) who was hilarious and charming. Second, the tour was free...can't beat that! And third, I met some really cool people in my tour group who I hung out with for the next three days. The tour covered the most important Berlin sights including the Brandenberg Gate, checkpoint Charlie, the holocaust memorial, the Berlin Dome, Museum Island, and Alexanderplatz.  After the tour, our guide took a bunch of us to a bar to watch the first game of the World Cup while eating schnitzel and drinking beer  - you can't get more German than that!

I'll continue this post soon...