On our third and final day in Berlin we unfortunately only stayed for half a day before traveling home, but in the time we did have left we did quite a lot. We left the hotel quite early that morning and headed to a train station where we got a few trains into the city, with us being quite a big group this was quite a stressful thing and needless to say it was a close call for some people be left behind! After the few trains we walked to the Jewish Museum on what was a very hot day so it
wasn't the worst thing I could think of, once we got to the Jewish museum we walked around the gardens while we waited for the tour; the gardens at the museum and the whole building was just incredible! The museum was designed by architect Daniel Libeskind who designed it so that the different exhibits worked with the building so that the building is part of the exhibits which is what makes it so unique and incredible. 
Once we started our tour around the museum we saw all the incredible things inside; it ranged from pictures of real people who lived through the holocaust and their stories to their belongings. When I was in the museum I learnt a lot about how Jewish people were treated during the second world war, how their lives changed and what they did to keep safe. One of the more incredible things I saw was a map with the different hiding places of a family in hiding in Berlin during the war and the different places for the different family members(a family who were successful in hiding too!) although the two most incredible things in the museum in my opinion where the two structures built to represent the fate and ending of the different people. One was outside, with tall concrete blocks with grass and plants on top which to me represented hope and freedom, the other one was much different, the other exhibition was inside a dark room shut off from the other parts of the museum and leading up to this room where all the names of the concentration camps on the walls showing that this was supposed to represent the fate of the people sent to the concentration camps. The room itself was completely black and when the door was shut it was almost pitch black except from a small slit of light coming from a tiny window in the top corner showing that there was still a very small chance of hope and survival be it small and very far away which to me was quite incredible and touching! 
After going to the museum which was insanely amazing and I wholeheartedly recommend going to if you're in Berlin! We then went on a river tour at around 11:30 which we very nearly missed! The tour went past most of the places we had visited in the last three days showing us it from a different point of view along with new things once again showing how beautiful the city is! One of my favourite places we went past on the river tour was the 'Bode-Museum' (or at least that's what I think it was called as we just went past) as this was the last thing we did in Berlin before getting ready to go home I think it was a lovely way to finish the trip and see Berlin for the last time. After the boat trip we got a train to one of the main train stations where we bought food for our trip home before finally going back to our hotel getting our luggage and sadly heading home.
I hope you enjoyed my time in Berlin as much as me and that you'll possible consider going taking a trip your self to this amazing city!
Lots of Love
Aimee
xoxo
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