Beach Time in Berlin!

So yesterday was one of the first nice days we’ve had in Berlin. The weather for the most part has only been in the 60’s, cloudy, and rainy. However yesterday it was in the high 70’s and sunny and because of this, a group of us from the Fubis program wanted to celebrate finally being able to experience a summer day, so what did we do? We went to the beach!

            A group of 20 or so of us went to a beach on the Wannsee. When one looks at it they would think that it is a lake, but in all actuality it is a huge river. I do not understand how or why, but it is. Also, the Wannsee is known for what is called the Wannsee Conference, which is when the plan for the Holocaust was presented and approved. The house this was all done in still remains there and is now a museum and a Holocaust Memorial. Lastly, another interesting fact about the Wannsee is that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie own a house on it, which can be seen below.

            Anyways our trip to the beach was amazing. We didn’t end up going until around 4 because people had class and we were kind of sad because by the time we got there there was an overcast, but we didn’t let this stop us. All of us just wanted to be in our bathing suits and have a good time. We were all excited once we walked out onto the beach though because out in the middle was a water slide. Once we saw that we all ran into the water and swam out to it and went on it multiple times. It honestly was so much fun!

 After we had our fun on the water slide we started exploring the beach and we came to realize that a short distance down there was a nude beach. All of us girls were highly curious about it because you always hear stories about nude beaches in Europe and so we thought we would check it out. So a group of us went down there and all I can say is nude beaches are definitely not my thing. Haha. However, it was still very interesting to experience one.

Once, we got back from the nude beach though, we all started up a football game on the beach. That also was so much fun. Everyone was just enjoying the sun and each other’s company. We all thought it was so nice to finally be taking part in something that we all always do back home in the summer and to just relax. It honestly was such a fun day and one I think all of us will remember.