Friday and Saturday consisted of the Berlin Wall.Friday was a day full of our humanities class. During class we went to the museum at Checkpoint Charlie. Checkpoint Charlie is the most famous American checkpoint that was used during the time when the wall was up. We met with a guy who actually brought 100 people over from the East of Berlin to the West during the time of the wall. He was arrested and was sentenced to 15 years in prison. It was definitely an interesting perspective. Later we talked to two Germans, one who lived in East Germany and one who lived in West Berlin during the time of the wall. We had a lot of discussion with them and asked them tons of questions. We definitely don't get a feel for this
in our history classes back in the states. It's almost sad that we're missing out on such a huge part of world history. I can't even fathom living with a wall in city.Today, we went and explored the wall. We're also now on the wall, but don't tell anyone. We went to the Wall Museum, saw the Church of Reconciliation, (which was rebuilt later as it was destroyed), and of course the Wall itself. It's a very moving thing to see. It's very hard for us to imagine a life like this, but for many of these people it became a normality. It's crazy.
