Thursday of the Final week

First we went to The Berlin Story Bookshop too see there museum exhibit on Berlin. The exhibit showed the history of Berlin from its start to where it is today.  I enjoyed seeing the old picture of the city next to newer pictures of the same location. I learned about rubble women. Rubble women would go through the rubble of buildings destroyed by bombs. There was a movie on the history of Berlin from its founding to today and then another shorter one on the Berlin Wall.  The museum was small but very well put together.

Then was the Bode – Museum. The museum had a lot of religious works. There were tons of Virgin Mary and Child sculptures. The part of the museum that I enjoyed most was the coin exhibit they had on the second floor. The exhibit has 4,000 coins spread out in four large cabinets. The coins are from the 7^th century BCE up to the present. I liked how varied the size and pictures were on each coin. I took some sheets on some coins I found interesting. The museum had a beautiful staircase that I reminded me more of a palace than a museum. The second floor had to be my favorite because it had the coins and a fireplace from the Husum Castle.

The last thing we did was the New Synagogue Berlin. The museum was smaller than I thought it was going to be. The synagogue had been damaged from a fire in 1938 and then heavily damaged in 1958 by allied bombs. Edward Knoblauch was the architect that designed the synagogue. We were able to climb the dome but we not allowed to take pictures. There was model of the synagogue that showed how big and majestic the whole building is.  They also hold part of the archives on some 400 Jewish communities. I found it very surprising that this single building had so many purposes and did them all very well. The exhibit shows the history of the building and the area but also the story of the Jewish population in the area.

After this, we broke for the day but all of us meet up to go watch the Germany vs. Italy game that was later that night.   Sadly, Germany lost the game so the final Euro Cup match will be Spain vs. Italy. I had a good time. I finally got to wear my Deutschland soccer shirt. I was very tired after the game so I went back to the apartments and went to sleep.