Day 3 started much more leisurely for Nome and I, we were in no great hurry so we took our time. Lingered over breakfast and eventually headed out to see what Berlin had to offer. To our complete and utter delight the sun was shining!! And it's a beautiful day!! We went back into city and to Teirgarten, a massive network of parks right in the middle of city. The used to be the royal parks of the kings and queens of Prussia and used as hunting grounds. Then in the time King Frederick (did I mention he was the most loved?), he turned them into public parks for all the city to enjoy. And they are beautiful especially when bathed in sunshine. And huge Nome and I were wondering around for 2-3 hours and we only saw about half! After that we went back to Brandenberg gate for a tour of Alternative Berlin. Having throughly immersed ourselves in the history of Berlin we were interested to see what current Berlin had to offer. This tour was all about what was happening on Berlin post the fall of the Berlin wall, particularly in East Berlin. We saw parts of the city that are not full of tourists and heard all about the world of squatting, artists, hippies and street art. We saw some amazing artwork and heard how it came about and what are the 'rules' of street art. A new form of street art that is occurring is called yarn bombing. This I absolutely loved because the artists describe themselves as instead of arming themselves with spray cans they are armed with knitting needles!! They then cover bits and pieces of the city with jackets, beanies, socks and knitted people! It was an excellent tour. We finished up our day cocktails, Thai food and beers on a beach overlooking the river inn the sun. Next stop Prague and a few thousand midwives!
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