Berlin der Zwei
Berlin Day Two.
Jordan and I make plans to grab breakfast and head out to the Einstein exhibit. We find a cafe and I eventually settle on cold scrambled eggs on an open-faced baguette... interesting, but I'm still on the fence as to whether or not I like it. We make our way out to museum island, where Einstein: "Chief Engineer of the Universe" is showing. I hadn't even known of its existence until I stumbled upon a big red E during my first night in Berlin.
The exhibition itself is amazing, and me being the big nerd that I am, enjoy lapping up all the sights and sounds and interactive displays. They project a heated debate between Einstein, Newton, and Aristotle on the laws of motion, gravity, and relativity which is quite humourous. There's plenty of original Einstein items including notes, letters, scrapwork, and a very funny postcard that he scrawled on and sent to a friend while completely drunk. I was pretty surprised at some of the facts surrounding his life, namely that he was offered the presidency of Isreal (he refused) and how well he could actually play the violin. Again we discover while trapsing through the museum that we have to rush to catch our trains, so we leave the exhibit without fully enjoying the last floor. We quickly dash into the store where I can't help but splash out on an Albert Einstein action figure! Its really great, he has the full head of crazy grey hair, and chalk in one hand.
When we go to reserve train tickets, it turns out that Jordan and I are actually on the same train. Me with the peasants in second class, and her (because of the way her rail pass works), with the upper crust in first class. She's heading to meet a friend in a small town en-route to Cologne, and then gives me her friends number as they are supposed to be heading to Cologne that evening. Jordan and I say our goodbyes, as the train continues to rumble toward my next destination.
Berlin is the first city I've left where I've felt that I had missed many important attractions. I know that I have missed a lot in every other city due to the nature of the trip, but Berlin I feel especially strongly about. If I had to do it all again I definitely would've alloted at least another day or two, but I'm still really really glad to have seen it.
Jordan and I make plans to grab breakfast and head out to the Einstein exhibit. We find a cafe and I eventually settle on cold scrambled eggs on an open-faced baguette... interesting, but I'm still on the fence as to whether or not I like it. We make our way out to museum island, where Einstein: "Chief Engineer of the Universe" is showing. I hadn't even known of its existence until I stumbled upon a big red E during my first night in Berlin.
The exhibition itself is amazing, and me being the big nerd that I am, enjoy lapping up all the sights and sounds and interactive displays. They project a heated debate between Einstein, Newton, and Aristotle on the laws of motion, gravity, and relativity which is quite humourous. There's plenty of original Einstein items including notes, letters, scrapwork, and a very funny postcard that he scrawled on and sent to a friend while completely drunk. I was pretty surprised at some of the facts surrounding his life, namely that he was offered the presidency of Isreal (he refused) and how well he could actually play the violin. Again we discover while trapsing through the museum that we have to rush to catch our trains, so we leave the exhibit without fully enjoying the last floor. We quickly dash into the store where I can't help but splash out on an Albert Einstein action figure! Its really great, he has the full head of crazy grey hair, and chalk in one hand.
When we go to reserve train tickets, it turns out that Jordan and I are actually on the same train. Me with the peasants in second class, and her (because of the way her rail pass works), with the upper crust in first class. She's heading to meet a friend in a small town en-route to Cologne, and then gives me her friends number as they are supposed to be heading to Cologne that evening. Jordan and I say our goodbyes, as the train continues to rumble toward my next destination.
Berlin is the first city I've left where I've felt that I had missed many important attractions. I know that I have missed a lot in every other city due to the nature of the trip, but Berlin I feel especially strongly about. If I had to do it all again I definitely would've alloted at least another day or two, but I'm still really really glad to have seen it.
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