Andrew Jones: Monday June 14

Monday was the beginning of our history lessons with Dr. Etheridge. We started our morning with a walk through Alexanderplatz to the oldest church in Berlin, Nicholaikirche which has now been turned into a museum. Soon after this we traveled along the Spree until we and Dr. Etheridge came upon a very narrow area of the Spree. We all sat down at this location and had our first History lesson. This lesson was about how this location (by the spree) had become birth place of Berlin and why. As the lesson conclude we began our walk in search of many more churches and other buildings which we had just discussed in our lesson. Below are just a few of the Jewels this city has to offer.

Nikolaikirche - Started in 1230

Interior of Nikolaikirche

Marienkirche - Karl-Liebknecht-Straße

The St. Hedwig's Cathedral was after lunch and this Cathedral had the WOW factor for me when I entered the heart of the building.

Tuesday was our day out of Berlin we went Potsdam which is a city just south-west of Berlin. This day trip has to be my favorite trip so far. We went to the Nicholaikirche church in Potsdam not to be confused with the earlier Nicholaikirche. Our group also visited the other Brandenburg Gate.
After Lunch we entered my favorite part of the day. We walked through the Sanssouci Park/Gardens.