Berlin: part... whatever post this is from Berlin, there has been a few.

First off, a disclaimer. Foreign keyboards are all jacked up. Seriously, Germans just don't place the same priority on letter and symbols that we do. So any random dots and weird symbols, blame on the country. Also, some of the letters are switched, hence I have many Zs and Ys backwards. And, to get a proper contraction written, I have to hold down three buttons at once(there is an A thing there instead). §o, zouäll just have tü deäl with it.
Today we went to the Pergamon museum. It is the biggest museum in Berlin, and cool of great roman, greek, and roman copies of greek, architecture. One of the biggest attractions is the Pergamon alter, which was moved completely inside the museum. There is a huge frieze that goes all around the alter. It tells stories about the gods warring with giants, and the stories of many of the god's lives. The best part of it though is that on the massive staircase leading up to the actual alter, the relief characters actually spill out onto the stairs in mid battle. It is an amazing effect. If haven't seen a picture before, I highly recommend taking ten seconds to google image search Pergamon Alter Staircase. It'll blow your mind.
The crown jewel of the museum is the Ishtar Gate. It was built by King Nebakanezzer (hey, I can't spell with a normal keyboard, give me a break) as a tribute to the God Ishtar, and the ultimate defense of it's time for his capitol city, Babylon. It is made of blue hand baked and painted bricks that is seven meters (about fifteen feet) thick in places. It has lions and other animals prowling in rows, and the top is covered in defensive/artistic crenallations (that is for you, Cheryl). Once again, it is without question worth your time to look up a picture. It's bigger than it looks, I promise.
Well, that is about all for today, we head to Prague tomorrow night, where I'm sure we'll find more shenanigins for you all to read about. Until then, when in Berlin, try the pizza, it's great.