Today was a bit of a relax day.
Spent the day organising photos on my computer, listening to music and admiring my new bag haha
But got a phone call from Johns asking if i wanted to visit a museum close to the area i am staying in and of course i said yes. So he picked me up after he had finished work and we headed to the Allies Museum.
It was a museum dedicated to the British, French and American Armed Forces that were present during the time of the Berlin Wall.
I did not know that they had such a big impact (let alone an involvement) during that time. I think we spent nearly 2 hours (that was all the time we had before it closed anyway) exploring both the museums on the one site.. it was so fascinating! And to see the original/last working version of Checkpoint Charlie was incredible.
The museum showed many photographs of the work that these 3 nations did to help out west berlin during the period of the berlin wall.. especially when it came to food and supply aid. As all roads were blocked, food and supplies could not reach west berlin, so they created an airport
which became one of the busiest in history. Tegal airport was created in just 3 months and had a plane land every 61 seconds carrying coal, water, food.. even clothing.
But apart from seeing what they did to help out the german people, hearing Johns talk about the troops was something special. He talked about how the american troops really cared for the german kids and would spend hours building box carts and play equipment for them.
I would explain a lot more about the museum, but it is so much better to learn this all in person.. as there is so much to write about!
After the museum we went and got some hot chocolates from a cafe since it was freezing. He then dropped me off home where i realised that Martina and Rika were not home. So i walked to the local doner kebab (or kerbap as they call it) shop and bought a kebab for dinner. They're so addictive!
Spent the day organising photos on my computer, listening to music and admiring my new bag haha
But got a phone call from Johns asking if i wanted to visit a museum close to the area i am staying in and of course i said yes. So he picked me up after he had finished work and we headed to the Allies Museum.It was a museum dedicated to the British, French and American Armed Forces that were present during the time of the Berlin Wall.
I did not know that they had such a big impact (let alone an involvement) during that time. I think we spent nearly 2 hours (that was all the time we had before it closed anyway) exploring both the museums on the one site.. it was so fascinating! And to see the original/last working version of Checkpoint Charlie was incredible.
The museum showed many photographs of the work that these 3 nations did to help out west berlin during the period of the berlin wall.. especially when it came to food and supply aid. As all roads were blocked, food and supplies could not reach west berlin, so they created an airport
which became one of the busiest in history. Tegal airport was created in just 3 months and had a plane land every 61 seconds carrying coal, water, food.. even clothing.But apart from seeing what they did to help out the german people, hearing Johns talk about the troops was something special. He talked about how the american troops really cared for the german kids and would spend hours building box carts and play equipment for them.
I would explain a lot more about the museum, but it is so much better to learn this all in person.. as there is so much to write about!
After the museum we went and got some hot chocolates from a cafe since it was freezing. He then dropped me off home where i realised that Martina and Rika were not home. So i walked to the local doner kebab (or kerbap as they call it) shop and bought a kebab for dinner. They're so addictive!
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