Sachsenhausen, Germany

The Sachsenhausen was a concentration camp from 1933 to March 1950. We took the really interesting audio tour loaded with extra information. It is not the funniest place to visit, but you learn a lot. The history going with that is terrible. Most of the prisoners going in would never make it out. This place has been designed all along to be a concentration camp by architects. They built the whole site to be what it became.

 

Berlin, Germany

Berlin is a big German city. It is a must see as it is full of history and everybody heard of it. We wanted to learn more about World War II and this stop helped, along with the next stop and the visit of Dover Underground tunnels in United Kingdom a few weeks ago. We walked a lot in Berlin, just like anywhere else so far, even if Berlin has a well developed public transit system. We saw the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichstag, the Holocaust Memorial, the East Side Gallery and of course the Wall. The East Side Gallery is a big part of the wall which is covered with paintings from different artists. We were only one day in Berlin visiting all the sights but we could have easily spent more time there.

Fernsehturm

Brandenburger Tor

Reichstag 

Holocaust Memorial

The line

Painting from East Side Gallery

Nice restaurant

Bruges, Belgium

Andrée-Anne was in Bruges 10 years ago and it is still one of her favorite town. Without it being planned, we stayed in the same small hostel from her last visit. It still looks the same so she recognised it right away as we walked in. Belgium being famous for beers, we tried a few different ones from the bar downstairs. We also enjoyed an happy hour at 1 Euro a beer, the cheapest one in a bar so far on our trip. We also went for mussels and fries as they are famous too, but they were deceiving as we were out of season. We really enjoyed walking in all the small streets surrounded with old buildings and canals. We also went up the Belfort, a tall tower on the main Markt Place containing the famous carillon. The view from that high was amazing even for a steep 18 Euro and 366 steps.

 

Belfort

Markt Place Restaurant

 

Beer Wall

Carrillon Drum

View from the top

Stairs to Belfort

Canal View