Day 6 -- Berlin and Bonhoeffer House

Day 6 -- Berlin and Bonhoeffer House --
We picked up our tourguide at the Berlin Zoo area. He lead us on a spirited trip through many of the busiest sites in Berlin, including lots of Embassy Buildings. There are over 150 embassies here. We only have 6 more to see tomorrow to complete the list.

After lunch at the Marche, we bussed to the west side of town near the 1936 Olympics Stadium. The Bonhoeffer House is near there. At the house we heard much detail about the wartime history of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his family. We concluded with a devotion in the back yard, with the museum directors.

Tomorrow -- the Wilhelm Cathedral, the Berlin Zoo, KaDaWe Shopping, and Museum Island.

THINGS WE HAVE LEARNED --
"Ich bin Berliner" means "I am a Berliner."
But what President Kennedy said was
"Ich bin ein Berliner" and that means "I am a jelly-filled donut."
Really.....

1 Prussian mile = 7.7 kilometers = 4.5 miles. (Fun facts to know and tell !.....)

There's this thing called "Trabi Tours" here. A Trabi is a Trabant, the 2-cylinder, humorous, all-plastic car that was made in East Germany during the cold war. It does not have a good reputation for reliability. They no longer make them, and some 50,000 remain. After the wall came down there were many tour companies formed. This one bought up a whole lot of these cars extra cheap, and refurbished them. When you go on a tour, you and your family drive your own Trabant, following along in caravan style with many other tour goers in their Trabants. The caravan is lead by the tourguide, who speaks to you in your car through the radio. Cool.

The Olympic Games of 1916 were to be held in Berlin. WWI happened, and the games did not. But then they did come back here in 1936.

We saw a German nudist colony from the bus today. Noone got a picture. Too busy looking I guess.

Wouldn't "NoBreinner" be a cool German name? You know, "Steve & Carol NoBreinner."