So before I talk about Berlin, on our way home yesterday i was sleeping, and i woke up and we were stopped, and we weren't sure what the holdup was, so we waited for a while, and people started getting out to see what was going on, and it turned out that a car had just stopped working in the middle of the autobahn. Now that normally wouldn't be a big deal, but they were doing road construction, so there were metal dividers separating the 2 lanes, and a metal barrier on the side, so there was no way to get around the dead car. So 2 hours, 15 minutes and 14km
of cars later we were on our way again! What should have been a 2 hour trip ended up being close to 4 and half hours. Other than that though the day was really good. We went to the Reichstag Building, which is where the German Bundestag is (their federal government). It was interesting because it is an old building, but everything is newly renovated,
and then the glass dome on the top is cool because you can walk to the top and see the whole city! It was also the European Union's 50 birthday celebration that day so they had some things
going on, and there were lots of police out! It was funny, when we were at the celebration site I saw this big banner that said "USA applauds the EU's first 50 years" and I thought it was so retarded, we were all like why do we care what the US thinks? Then we realized it was on their embassy so it made a little more sense. W
e also went to a place called the Sony Center, and the was an IMAX theater and a Sony Store, and a Volkswagen store. At the Volkswagen store there was a driving simulator, so you were sitting in the front half of a "real' volkswagen, but it was all a computer simulation. I found that pretty fun actually, except that we
would have died a couple times lol. We also went and saw a part of the Berlin wall that is left. There isn't much to say about it, but i thought it was really intersting to see. But this is my last week now! I'm going to be really sad to leave, the time has just flown by, but I know it'll be nice to get home and see everyone again!
So before I talk about Berlin, on our way home yesterday i was sleeping, and i woke up and we were stopped, and we weren't sure what the holdup was, so we waited for a while, and people started getting out to see what was going on, and it turned out that a car had just stopped working in the middle of the autobahn. Now that normally wouldn't be a big deal, but they were doing road construction, so there were metal dividers separating the 2 lanes, and a metal barrier on the side, so there was no way to get around the dead car. So 2 hours, 15 minutes and 14km 
of cars later we were on our way again! What should have been a 2 hour trip ended up being close to 4 and half hours. Other than that though the day was really good. We went to the Reichstag Building, which is where the German Bundestag is (their federal government). It was interesting because it is an old building, but everything is newly renovated, 
and then the glass dome on the top is cool because you can walk to the top and see the whole city! It was also the European Union's 50 birthday celebration that day so they had some things 
going on, and there were lots of police out! It was funny, when we were at the celebration site I saw this big banner that said "USA applauds the EU's first 50 years" and I thought it was so retarded, we were all like why do we care what the US thinks? Then we realized it was on their embassy so it made a little more sense. W
e also went to a place called the Sony Center, and the was an IMAX theater and a Sony Store, and a Volkswagen store. At the Volkswagen store there was a driving simulator, so you were sitting in the front half of a "real' volkswagen, but it was all a computer simulation. I found that pretty fun actually, except that we 
would have died a couple times lol. We also went and saw a part of the Berlin wall that is left. There isn't much to say about it, but i thought it was really intersting to see. But this is my last week now! I'm going to be really sad to leave, the time has just flown by, but I know it'll be nice to get home and see everyone again!
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