31st August : Berlin
** Off to my Day 2 at the Museum Island. ** I would like to share my response to my Tash this morning when she asked how I am going. I am going great, loving every minute of what I'm seeing in the museums, people I am meeting, places I am coming across. The following might sound strange. I'm sorry I completed this in my 20s when I had all the stamina and a lot more get up & go. However my personal knowledge base back then could have been written in a thick pen on a small piece of paper, and although I am a much slower person that I used to be, both physically and mentally, I am appreciative of everything my senses are able to take in. Irrespective as to how much longer I am able to travel, I know that everything I have seen & done to date has been worth the experience . ** the Pergamon Museum. This is one of the reasons why archaeology had such a bad reputation for so long. Basically a Roman era market gate was just dug up and shipped back. Often it is argued t...