l. The boys sang one last song, Sitting on Top of the World, for them before we left for Berlin. The drive to Berlin was about three hours and was rather enjoyable--beautiful scenery. A few of the boys made comments about the cornfields looking like Iowa...not to mention the windmills! ;) We stopped twice--once for a bathroom break and once for lunch. The boys had lunches from the host homes in Suhl and were surprised to see that MANY had a bag full of sn
acks foods/candy/chocolate--they spoiled them rotten! haha ;)
When we arrived in Berlin, we took a bus tour around the city and saw most o
f the more-famous sites including Checkpoint Charlie, the Reichstag (German Federal Parliament Building), and the Victory Column. We exited the bus to walk around the Brandenburg Tor (Gate) and again to see what remains of the Berlin Wall.
The concert tonight was in the Kaiser-Wilhelm Memorial Church. Francis said that the concert was "extremely well received. Many people commented on the variety of the concert. And, as always, they mentioned the purity and the crystal-like clarity of the boy's singing."
Following the concert, we went to the Youth Hostel to finally get some much anticipated sleep! It was a great day full of a lot of fun and interesting history! Everyone is well and in good spirits! Tomorrow we head for Strehla—it should be about a two-to-three hour bus ride. 
Until tomorrow, “Auf Wiedersehen!”
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