July 14 – Berlin to Athens

This morning we started of the day with the usual long walk to the cafeteria for breakfast. There was the same food to choose from as the other previous days like bread, meat, eggs, cereal, and yogurt. After eating we had another long walk through nature to get back to the dorms where we got our bags and piled on to the coach bus. The bus was huge so everyone got their own seat with plenty of room to spear. Most people spent the bus ride listening to their I pods, sleeping or looking out the window to see the German towns we drove through. After about an hour we were back to West Berlin to spend two hours shopping and walking around the city.

Once we got to West Berlin everyone took off in groups to look at the variety of shops West Berlin has. The first thing my group went to was the ever so favorite American restaurant McDonalds. It was nice to have the comfort of some good old American food! After having some food we were off to the Nike store which had everything from shoes to soccer jerseys from many countries. Many of us also went into a tourist shop called the Berlin store. It has many souvenirs and anyone could find something a family member would like. While we were waiting in line a cute German boy started talking to Katie and I think she is in love. Michelle thought of putting a wanted poster on the coach bus of him so Katie could find him and they would be reunited. After the Berlin store we went to was H & M even though we have it back home the store still has very cute clothes and jewelry. Dee of course got jewelry there which seems to be here favorite item to buy this trip. Time flew by and it was already one o clock and time to meet back in front of our bus. We were off to see an old palace.

After a five minute bus ride we pulled up to an old palace which is no longer used because Germany hasn’t had a Monarchy since World War One. The palace was gorgeous it had a huge garden in the back which we walked around and took many pictures. We only got to see the outside of it but it was still fun too see and I enjoyed taking many pictures there. After about a half hour of being there we once again got on the bus and headed to the airport.

Once we arrived at the airport we had to say goodbye to Corey one of our tour guides. He had to take a train to Munich to start another tour with a different team. At least we still have Andreja, Corey’s wife still with us. Next we stood in line to check in our bags and went through security. In no time we were by all the food and bought items to eat either at the airport or on the plane ride. Some people bought some chocolate at a store which looked delicious. Finally it was time to head to our gate and board the plane. We all walked as fast as we could up the steps of the plane so we could get good seats because here your not assigned any row, you just pick anywhere where there is any empty row. It’s about a two and half hour flight to Athens and I now everyone is excited. I have a feeling this will be almost everyone’s favorite city, especially Paros island where we will be able to go to the beach and get a tan.

By Lauren Grant

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