Day threeeeee! On this day most of us were already quite tired, yet this day was our biggest yet with a lot of visits to fit into one day, and no coach! We were up and out of the hostel early and made our way via the Berlin underground system to our first stop, the German Resistance Museum.
After this the weather took another turn for the worse and started pouring with rain, but we still managed to run from the museum to the Reichstag and make it on time. The Reichstag is the government building of Germany, and is a key monument of history due to the Reichstag fire that occurred in 1933. Most of the exterior was rebuilt to match the original, and we got to go to the roof and see some very good views of Berlin.
The dome of the Reichstag has a spiral walkway and a very modern feel which I loved. The beautiful mirror sculpture was in the centre of the dome and was what we were walking around, and the ceiling of the dome had some lovely architecture too. I couldn't stop taking pictures so I had to limit how many mirror pictures I included, along with a few sneaky snaps of myself in the mirror and a couple of my pretty friends.
After this we got back onto the underground and made our way to the famous Berlin Olympic Stadium. This stadium was used in 1936 for the Olympics that were held in Berlin under Nazi Germany. We had a tour guide for our trip there, and got to see not only the stadium but the VIP and guest lounges, as well as changing rooms and the ice bath room. Much of the original architecture of the stadium is still there which is (although reminiscent of bad times in Germany) an amazing design! The interior however was redone for the 2006 World Cup, and so gives a nice contrast between old and new.
The group of us then travelled back to Alexanderplatz (after a good half an hour of searching for toilets) and finished off the day with a little look around the shops and markets. I've heard that the German Christmas markets are amazing, and these little huts reminded me of ones we have in London. If this market is here all year round then I can imagine the Christmas ones would have been incredible! After this we all had a huge tapas meal together and returned to the hostel for our last night.
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