Berlin/Edinburgh/Glasgow

Hi guys! So I've been pretty busy with midterms and projects, but I wanted to at least put up the pictures from my latest travels for everyone to see. First, some pics from Berlin. I went for about 4 days with my friend Lucy. 

We didn't eat here, but I had to take a pic of Emma's Restaurant! Can't wait until I get home and the real Emma can cook for me....

Obligatory visit to a pretty church.

It wasn't the prettiest city, since pretty much everything was destroyed in WWII so all that's left is ugly new buildings and a lot of very angst-y graffiti. 

We accidentally stumbled upon this graveyard while trying to find the Berlin Wall Memorial. As it turns out, this graveyard was mess with and a lot of the graves had to be move when they put up the Wall right next to it. 

Berlin Wall memorial. You can see the pipes that mark the spots where the wall was torn down.

Very simple memorial in remembrance of those who died trying to jump the wall.

 Me at the wall.

The wall from the other side.

These plaques are all over the city on the ground, marking where the wall used to be.

The side of this building displays huge pictures showing the history of the wall.

The Reichstag! This is where Germany's parliament meets.

Brandenburg Gate.

Checkpoint Charlie, guarding the edge of the American sector.

These are some pics of the East Side Gallery, where artists used the wall itself as canvas for some pretty intense works.

The little green and red men on the traffic signals were the goofiest-looking little things.

 Next I went to Edinburgh to visit Kelly, a friend who's studying there. The weather was great, and everything looked so different - so much gray, imposing stone.

Edinburgh Castle.

View of the city from the top of the hill where the Castle is.

The Scottish Parliament building. Yes, it's ugly, and yes, they hate it. 

I walked by the Queen's Scottish residence, but mostly this is all you could see - the castle was hidden behind the wall and cost 17 pounds to visit so I said screw it.

One of the days we took a bus to Glasgow, the other main city in Scotland. It didn't look much different than Edinburgh at all, but here's some pics.

We wandered into this cool old cemetery, and also checked out the cool cathedral below. There was a wedding that day, which meant that there were a lot of guys wandering around in kilts.