couple of things I forgot to mention that I found awesome about Berlin:
1) the city is literally crackling with energy. You actually can't walk very far without running into a theater, a poetry bar, etc. It is a MECCA for young creative professionals, German or otherwise. Related point: one thing it's really hard for European countries to do these days is to keep their young professionals. A lot of Euro countries are experiencing a brain drain like no other. Right now, Germany is experiencing the complete OPPOSITE of that. It is retaining the yuppies and pulling in yuppies of other nationalities at breakneck speed. It is so cool here I can barely even stand it.
2) The Reichstag. You used to be able to go up to the top of it. You can't anymore because of terrorist threats but I found out that the very top level of the Reichstag (German parliament) is a dome with a glass floor. That dome is solely for people to climb to the top of, look out, etc. That glass floor serves as the ceiling to German parliament, so whenever the politicians look up, they are reminded that they work for the people and the people rule them. Isn't that awesome?
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