What I love the most about the ERASMUS program is the possibility it gives us to keep travelling and discovering new realities.
Two weeks ago two buses full of people of at least 10 different nationalities was heading to Berlin. It took us 12 hours to get there but it was totally worth it. We happened to be there for the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall; The capital of Germany was full of original different events the entire weekend, and 8,OOO helium balloons were tracing a nine miles line and passing through all the historical locations such as Checkpoint Charlie and the Berlin Wall memorial. The first night we were there, a guy of our group took us to an italian restaurant, where after two and an half months, we finally enjoyed a real italian dinner and drank delicious red wine.
Berlin is famous for its crazy nightlife so we had to try everything out and indeed we went to awesome clubs , like the famous Watergate.
Saturday afternoon Berlin was ready to celebrate the anniversary in front of the Brandenburg Gate, where some singers performed with an impressive lighting choreography accompanied by the releasing of the balloons that flew one by one in the sky. All over the place some little stands where selling german products: beers, gluhwein (which is a hot beverage made with wine and rhum) and of course a lot of sausages!!! We had a blast and the the famous dj Paul Kaklbrenner closed the concert and made us dance until midnight.
The last day of our trip some of us decided to try for the first time the “free city tour guide”. It’s a program that is now common in many cities in Europe; a native guy of the city shows to whoever wants to join him the main attractions of his hometown, but he adds lots of curiosities and shows little corners that you probably wouldn’t notice if you don’t know the place. Our group was pretty big, we did a three hours walking tour through the main monuments and it was really interesting because he gave us lots of information about the consequences of the World War II.
I had never been to Berlin before and I really liked the city even if I felt, walking through the streets and the monuments, this sense of sadness due to the Jewish tragedy that can’t be hidden or forgot.
Giulia
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