Berlin

On Wednesday, June 24, the MBI students took a day trip to Germany's capital city, Berlin. The group's first stop was the Pergamon Museum of Antiquity, which houses the gates from Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon, as well as artifacts and facades from ancient Rome to ancient Mesopotamia.

After touring the museum, students had the opportunity to visit a large Holocaust Memorial and underground museum before walking around the Brandenburg Gate and the German Reichstag (the house of German Government). Students also had the chance to see a portion of what remains of the Berlin Wall, which separated East Berlin from West Berlin. A current project is underway, which commissions the original artists who first painted the wall after the fall in 1989 to refresh their art in remembrance.

Though they only got to see a small fraction of what Berlin has to offer, students enjoyed their time in the capital city immensely.