Day 14!

    An interesting but tiring day began at 6a.m. at Eppendorf Gymnasium where the bus was waiting to take us all to Berlin. The journey was three hours long but we didn't notice the time fly as the scenery was breathtaking. 

 Our visit to Berlin started with the Humboldt Universität which is the oldest university in Berlin. We walked passed that, the Bavarian Embassy, and also saw a part of the Berlin wall on our way to the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth where Dr. Ralf Kleindiek, Parlimentary State Secrectary, gave us a talk about his job and also answered a few of our questions. Mr Oliver Frank, head of deptartment of renewable energies, DENA- German Energy agency, also showed us a presentation about the various sources and uses of various renewable energies and their benefits. Lunch was at the ministry itself. 

After our sessions at the Ministry, we saw the Brandenburger Tor which symbolised the division of Berlin in the 20th Century, after which we made our way to the Reichstag which is the Parliamentary house of Germany. At the Reichstag we had a question and answer session with Dr. Matthais Bartke, Member of Parliment, representing Hamburg. He also showed us around the Parliment building which was quiet interesting for all of us. We also had a walk up the glass dome which gave us an overview of the entire city of Berlin. 

After the visit to the Reichstag we had about an hour to ourselves where most of us went to the various cafes around the Stelenfeld Memorial to eat. At about about 8:30p.m. we boarded the bus back to Hamburg and reached around 12:30a.m.

-Vidhi