Museum Island

The big group students split into smaller groups because that made our tourism a lot easier. I was in the same group of three girls from the first day and we sort decided that maps were not necessary. After shopping deep in the heart of Berlin we set off to find Museum Island. Exactly what its name means, Museum Island is an area that is surrounded by two rivers that houses basically all the museums in Berlin. After wandering for a while with the four of us thinking that our individual directional instincts were correct we actually made it to Museum Island without asking for directions or looking at a map. Just for clarification. Here we saw the cathedral and climbed to the top to see a breathtaking view of Berlin. We visited Humboldts box, the Pergamon museum, the Natural History Museum, the Berliner Dom, Checkpoint Charlie, the Wall, and the Mauermuseum. After running around all of these museums we decided to relax on a boat tour. The boat tour was probably one of my favorite things we did that day because we sat on a boat, with beer, and just looked out the window. We did not have to try to translate German, guess where we were going, try to understand the significance of what we were seeing because the tour guide did that!
Here are some pictures from the trip: