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| Heavenly Pancake Breakfast from the hostile |
It
is amazing what a nice breakfast can do for your dayJ Today I had the BEST pancake breakfast with sausages and
green tea for only €4!! I was so excited to see a fluffy pancake with crispy
edges. The pancakes in Amsterdam just didn’t cut it for me. What made these
pancakes even better was the fact that fresh bananas and strawberries were on
top, and it sat on top of a river of maple syrup. Yes, I love food.
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| Barrack 15 |
After breakfast, we joined the
psychology, drawing, and world literature students on a trip to a real
concentration camp where the Jewish were enslaved. It was
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| Prisoner's Camp entry gate |
a very interesting,
yet chilling experience. When I entered the barracks, which is what they called
the rooms where the prisoners would sleep, I wasn’t able to stay for long. In
the barrack sat a utility closet, which was said to be a torture room. Just
looking at the room gave me goose bumps, and I walked right on out. I also
stepped inside of the prison. What I couldn’t understand was why there would be
a prison inside of a prisoners camp! It was told that when the Jewish prisoners
disobeyed certain rules, like being caught with anyone of the opposite sex,
they were placed in the prison cells. Sometimes, they were placed in solitary
confinement, where there is no daylight whatsoever. In the back of the camp, there is 40 ft. tall
memorial monument for those who lost their lives there.
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| Sachenhausen Concentration Camp Memorial |
Later in the evening, I took a trip
to Potsdamer Platz. It is so beautiful in that area at night! While in the
area, I went to see Ted 2 in an IMAX theatre! Thank goodness they played the
movies in English. Sadly, we have cable in our hostile rooms, but all of the
shows are in German! I guess having no television isn’t necessarily a bed
thing. It’s given us all the opportunity to bond as students from different
universities and enjoy the lifestyle that each country has had to offer.
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| Movie Theatre in Potsdamer Platz |
