Hotel Adlon, one of the fanciest and most expensive hotels in Germany was right beside the American Embassy. This is the hotel that Michael Jackson infamously held his baby over the balcony. We went in the restaurant to have tea, since this is apparently one of the things you have to do in Berlin, and the inside was breathtaking. There was a live piano player, amazing architecture and decorations, and the fancy bellhops and waiters you see on TV. A pot of tea, which I could not convince myself to get, was 14€.
We also went to see a section of the Berlin wall that is still standing. This section was about 1 Kilometer long and was covered in art. It was amazing to see the difference in architecture between the east and west side. We took a tour of the Reichstag building, which is like the Capital building of Germany. Although the outside of the building is mostly original architecture from before the War, most of the inside has been renovated and is very modern. There is an art piece which consists of hundreds of small metal storage boxes with names of government members from the early to late 1900s. There is even a box for Hitler, which completely surprised me. They wanted people to remember that Hitler was a democratically elected leader and that he should be recognized for that. The guide said the box had been damaged by someone before, so they had to reinforce it with thicker metal. At the top of the building was a clear dome, which you could walk to the top of. At the top you could see all over Berlin and I could recognize the tops of all the buildings we saw on our tour.
This weekend was full of many amazing sights to see and experience. Including spending an hour to find a CrossFit gym that was hidden in an alley only for it to be closed, and spending time with