Today Matthias was off to the U. S. Consulate to get his work visa renewed and I ventured out on my own. I prayed all morning that noone would try to talk to me. I seem to blend in here because people assume I speak German, but that's also the downside too. Anyway, after a failed attempt to blog in the morning, I headed out to find some pieces of the Berlin Wall and the U.S. Embassy. I wandered around the street where my travel guide said there was a good portion of the wall decorated by some artists after the wall fell but I couldn't find it. So, I headed off to find the embassy which turns out is heavily guarded by at least 6 German police and the street is closed off to cars...and no photos are allowed. Fun stuff.
So, after that fun morning I headed back to the hostel to wait out Matthias and, by chance, landed at Leipzig Platz where I found a nice display of the wall. That's where I learned that the wall was actually 2 walls with a large area in between called the 'Death Strip' that was booby trapped and watched by guards in watch towers. Today the area of the death strip at Leipzig plaza is a busy street with office buildings and home to the Candadian Embassy.
After the visit to that area and a phone call from Matthias we met at Charlottenberg Castle and went on an audio tour of the house. Most of the castle had been rebuilt after the war but it was still interesting, none-the-less.
After an Italian lunch, we headed out to pick up the rental car and drove to Dresden.
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