Just a very quick post, as I am using the ship's internet access at 75 cents/min. (yikes!)Yesterday I spent the day on a train to Berlin, and then on a sightseeing bus. I never thought I'd be in Berlin. The amazing thing to me was the constant presence of WWII, both in the continued rebuilding of the center of the city, and also in the monuments and museums relating to the Nazi atrocities. I really have to respect the willingness on the part of the German nation to be open and direct about their history.
And the history, arhchitecture and geography of the Berlin wall was amazing too.
Then I had the most delicious lunch at the buffet restaurant in the KaDeWe, the German equivalent of Harrod's. Truth be told, I think the food on the ship is really godawful. It tastes like hospital cafeteria food to me. It was nice to have food properly cooked, of high quality, well seasoned. And I spent the day with someone NOT among the knitter group, a woman from Seattle whose husband is the ship docotor. It was fun to make a new friend.
Today is a sea day, and I'm taking knitting classes (a traditional Swedish sweater with Beth Brown Reinsel, omg I'm purling with 2 colors and 2 hands!) Tonight is the second formal night.
I have photos, but no way of uploading. Maybe in Tallin, Estonia tomorrow.
