I really feel like it's best to look at these three days combined. So I woke up fairly early, around 7 am so I could get breakfast before my classes. My breakfast consisted of a couple yummy wursts, or sausages in German, some scrambled eggs, which I have no clue what to say in German, some grilled tomatoes, and a loaf of bread. Classy isn't it? I definitely thought so. And after that I had a little bit of time before the classes started for the day. At least the classes weren't as long as it was last week, where each class was around 3 hours long, but it was still around an hour and a half. But I definitely did learn a lot about the different music and artworks we would be learning about in Berlin.
After that I quickly got changed, and then met up with the guys. I needed to get dressed into slightly more formal clothing for an event that happened later that night which I will explain about later. But anyways, yeah the bois and I headed out towards our first stop, the museum Gamaldegalerie. There were so many beautiful paintings and it was honestly slightly overwhelming. Some of the amazing paintings I saw included The Draftsman by Chardin, a bunch of paintings by Caravaggio, and other truly beautiful works of art. It was really really awesome. After that museum we went to the music museum, and 15 minutes later exited the music museum. I was very surprised, we briefly looked over the instruments, and then our professor dipped. But whatever, we headed out and spent a while touring the area around the museums. Everything was so beautiful, but of course when I saw an Indian restaurant, I knew I had to eat there. Although the food was slightly expensive, I got butter chicken and naan, which I absolutely don't regret at all. Especially the naan, it was quite possibly the best naan I've ever head. But anyways, after lunch, we headed back to the same area as before, but this time for something different. We were going to see the Berlin Philharmonic. It was definitely a classy affair, and exactly what I imagined fancy Europeans went to. Like it was all suits and ties up in here. When the orchestra began, I thought I knew what to expect. But it was definitely not at all what I had thought. Each of the individual parts of the orchestra all combined for a fitting musical melting pot. It was amazing. After the orchestra we headed back to the hotel and I slept pretty early, it had been a very busy day. The next day was even busier, something which I thought wasn't even possible. We headed to the Pergamon museum early in the morning. Unlike the art museum though, this museum seemed to contain much more pre-renaissance artifacts, which definitely happen to be my favorite. I saw greek and roman artifacts, you know, the standard European stuff. Nothing that hasn't been seen before. Then the Babylonian wing came into play, again nothing I really hadn't seem before. However, the ancient artifacts were very cool to see. However, once I got to the Scandinavian portion, I was smitten. There was this extremely well detailed horn, that almost seemed like it was telling a story. It's not really something I can explain very well, it's something you need to see to understand. And then when I saw the Persian carpets, I was astounded by the level of detail. But the final WOW moment for me had to be when I saw the Chinese art. It's crazy how many different cultural artifacts were all in one small museum. But anyways, after the museum we ate lunch, and then headed out to Sansoucci Palace. The palace, meaning without concerns, was meant to be the vacation home of Frederick the Great. These architecture in this building is something that I'm gonna extensively feature in my gallery, but I just need you to know how perfect palace was, just like Versaille. The grounds were amazing too. But with that, and an evening of wonderful german cuisine in this authentic place filled with the rumble of the metro, I said goodbye to Berlin and headed deeper into Germany. Peace!
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