Touring Berlin

Today I got stuck with driving the RV around Berlin.  We all got up around 9 a.m. as we are not yet acclimated to the time here.  While they were in the back chilling I got to sit in the drivers seat for a little over an hour.  You would be surprised how hard it is to get a 42 foot bus through the clogged and crowded streets of Berlin and even better: the parking.  There is no-where to park the huge beast in this city.  I finally found an empty parking garage and took up 7 spaces in the back.  We walked about a block and a half to Museum Island.  This is kind of like the National Mall in DC.  There are a lot of Museums and buildings around a large square.  The outside of the Museum was beautiful.  It had manicured lawns that where starting to turn a golden yellow because of the cold and there were huge columns with armed security guards outside.  It was mainly a sculpture museum with hundreds of sculptures in many different materials.  There were some that were simply made out of hardened clay that were of people and animals that were truly brilliant.  There were some made out of blown glass that where made into the shape of letters and one was in the shape of a person.  When we got into the depths of the halls we got to the more modern arts.  Here we found steel beams that were bolted together in totally random ways that forced us to find things it might signify. We really couldn't think of anything.  As we were leaving after about 4 hours wandering that halls we made it to the exit.  Great news.  We got selected for a random search to make sure we didn't steal anything.  Four security guards approached us at the exit and asked us to follow them.  We did and they made us stand in an X-Ray machine that scanned us completely from head to toe.  I guess they don't have he same laws that we do in America.  When they were done looking us over we were kicked to the curb and we had to trudge back to the RV. We were not allowed to park anywhere overnight so we were once again forced to endure the terrible traffic back to the outskirts of the city where we were able to lock up for the night and go to sleep.  It was overall a great day and I am looking forward to tomorrow.