Day 6: Short and Sweet, Because My Day Definitely Wasn’t

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Today we saw a lot of things, lots of places, and learned about lots of people. As we journeyed through the streets of Berlin, venturing through the eastern suburbs in search of a mystery gate, and on the cobblestone paths through the mix and matched buildings that seemingly all featured a different style, we saw how the buildings that the city is comprised of are the map of the history of Berlin from its start to modern times. The history is a part of every square inch of the city. It is in the soil, the foundations, and for some parts of Berlins past it can only be remembered through text and word of mouth. Berlin is a unique city, that built itself on monuments and palaces to establish a culture and a history, however, their views on the importance of authentic history was not always in line with how we think of history today. There are parts of the city that were torn down and rebuilt in a different styles in order to fit the new aesthetic, and where destruction fell upon Berlin, there wasn’t always an emphasis on the necessity to preserve the history they had established. In a way however, the ever evolving city, filled with buildings that trick the mind, and a constant flow of renovations has become Berlin’s form of history.