Today started off pretty much the same as the last few days with added back pains. The hostel put new mattresses on all the beds and they were extremely hard. It felt like I was sleeping on the floor. After breakfast, my class and the economics class took a field trip to two different malls to complete a pricing assignment. For the assignment, we had to compare the prices of similar items from each mall. First, we visited KaDeWe which is the second largest mall in Europe but its not like the malls we have in America. Instead of individual stores, each floor is dedicated to a specific product or department. It reminded me of a giant Macys. The second mall we visited was the Galleria in Alexanderplatz. This mall was a lot smaller than KaDeWe but it was structured the same. The biggest difference between the two were the prices and the type of products each mall sold. The items and brands in KaDeWe were luxury brands, their whole first floor is only luxury stores such as Rolex, Chanel, and Bulgari while the Galleria carried more affordable brands.
After the mall trip, we visited the German Parliament and it was pretty boring to say the least. I feel like I shouldn’t say that lol but it was true. And our tour guide didn’t make it any better. She was very knowledgeable but her delivery wasn’t great so it was hard to follow along with what she was teaching. At the end, we were able to go to the rooftop and take pictures. It was very pretty up there and the view made for a nice background for pictures.
