Sachsenhausen

Sunday, July 18, 2010
We had decided the previous day that we would go on a free tour to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. It was about 40 mins north of Berlin city centre and we took the train up. It was a really good tour. The camp was actually a work camp, then concentration camp and was used during the holocaust for political prisoners, homosexuals, gypsies and Jews and also used by the soviets later. It was the model camp and although wasn’t a death camp, was a really good experience. It was one of the first camps built using the triangle design that was later used all over Germany and Poland through the Holocaust. The tour had a lot of history and was really well done. It was a long journey since we had to travel so far but was a really humbling experience. We got back around 730 and went to explore a bit of a different area of Berlin for dinner. We accidentally came across a squat area for local artists. It was kind of sketchy was we had a quick peak (looking for shoes) and were off to dinner. Another traditional German meal...Thai haha!! We had then planned to go back to our hostel and go to a “world renowned club”. The dress code is strict so we were looking for some flat shoes instead of our flip flops. However, when we got back to the hostel, we discovered that the club isn’t open on Sunday’s. Bummer!! We decided to stay in instead and catch up on blogs, pictures and family. Heather skype’d with her family and we ended the night watching the movie Eurotrip in bed. Haha funny!! The next day we were heading to Dresdan later in the day.