7 Feb - Jamie competed in the 100M IM and improved her time by 1.4 sec. Later in the day, she swam the 200M IM and was slower by 5 sec.
8 Feb - Jamie swam the 50m breast and finished 10th out of 20. She swam the 50m free and was slightly slower and swam the 50m Butterfly. She was going to swim one of the legs of the 200M Freestyle relay with the 15-19 yr old girls but two of the girls were more interested in talking with friends and did not show up for the race so they had to scratch. teenage girls!! We had a great time and Jamie learned alot from the experience.
9 Feb - we took our time and visted the Berlin Dom below. It is the main church in Berlin. Beautiful inside and a nige museum. However, the real treasure is below in the catacombs. The church has numerous German Royalty buried there - several Kaisers to include William II and his wife, numerous princes and their wives and kids. Really interesting beautiful church. It was bombed in WWII but restored. http://www.berlinerdom.de/index.php?lang=en
Then we went to the Egyptian Museum. It was really well done with statues, moasics, mummies, toys, hyroglyphics, etc. They also have the famous bust of Queen Nefertiti http://www.egyptian-museum-berlin.com/a01.php?fs=4.
Jamie and the Most beautiful Woman in Berlin.
After we departed Berlin, we wanted to visit the Potsdam Sanssouci where the Potsdamm conference was held in 1945. However, it is closed on Mondays. We will go there next time. It is the home of King Fredrick the Great also.
We did stop by Wittenberg - yep that Wittenberg where THE Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the door and started the Protestant Reformation. Really nice town, beautiful church on the inside. The original door was destroyed during the 7 yr war in 1760. The new doors were placed in 1858.
We were going to stop by Buchenwald Concentration Camp but we would have been there after they closed. We will stop by later.
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OH man! I would love to visit Wittenberg, it is sooo cool guys! Glad you had a great trip!:-)
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