Germany

After saying goodbye to Richard and Ori in Switerland, I spent the whole day on the train travelling from Switzerland to Germany to see Vince. He's studying in the city of Braunschweig.

We had lunch at the university cafe. I also happened to bump into Martin who's from Braunschweig originally but is currently study at Compiegne, my school in France for a double-diploma Mech Eng degree. The two days of stay was relaxing and enjoyable.

See the photos here

After Braunschweig, my last stop was Berlin. Vince was nice enough to take me there and show me around. It's truly a lively city but at the same time wearing the scars of it's history. From times to time you can see the buildings with bullet holes on them. In the centre of the town, there is the remaining of a chuch which was bombed during WW2. Monuments of rememberance of the war are everywhere.

Alright...enough of the heavy stuff...

When we first arrived at the city we went to the natural history museum where they had the tallest dinosaur skeleton in the world. We spent the morning there.

The modern section of Berlin is very well built. How can one not visit the car showcases when u are in Berlin? Me and Vince visted MINI, Audi, VolksWagon..

and this car here, Bugatti... is just mind blowing... I remember seeing it on a poster long time ago, but never expect to see it with my own eyes!

Beauty!

Vince also took me to the Sony center, a shopping district of the town and we had authentic german roasted and boiled pork elbows...ah...

yummy!

:D....

We also listened to a concert by the Berlin Symphony Orchestra. Oh boy, just the concert hall was impressive enough. We were so under dressed though... Everyone else was in suits or nightgowns, while we were in jeans and running shoes :P

The concert was just a new level of enjoyment. Even sitting away from the orchestra you can feel the power in the music. Each note is carefully articulated to express the emotion of the music. The level of concentration of the musicans were just enormous.

The next day we went to the Jewish Museum. Some shocking exibits, and powerful arctitecture.

Photos of Berlin

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I think in the future I would like to take my parents to here sometimes. A city rich of history. I think they will enjoy that!