Anyway, for class today we went to a museum of the history of Berlin. It wasn't my favorite museum, but it was interesting to see. Underneath the museum and the shopping mall it was attached to was an undergound bunker/bomb shelter (I guess you never know what's underneath you, eh?!). So after the museum we went on a tour of that, which was extremely scary.
It was built in the 1970s and used during the Cold War. It had 3,600 very small fold-out cots organized into straight aisles. There were chamber doors when you walked in that had showers in them so that if you were already contaminated with nuclear business you could shower and put on new clothes that were already pre-stored in the bunker. The entire bunker only had 4 bathrooms. It was obviously air tight, and the processed air you'd breathe in would only have half the oxygen of normal air, and would be around 86 degrees F with 90% humidity. So people would just lay on their cots the entire day. In the case that a nuclear weapon had dropped, it was planned that they'd stay in there for 14 days, at which point they used to think it was safe to come out. The bunker was never used, but is still fit to be used in case of an emergency today.
Here's a picture I took just for you guys so you could see what it looked like - I brightened it up a lot so you could see what's in it; it was darker than this inside.
Oh, and also, here is a picture of the entrance to the Mensa that we usually go to for lunch each day! It's the one on the Humboldt Nord (north) campus, and is sehr lecker (very delicious)!
Tomorrow it's to the Reichstag or the Bundestag - not sure which one yet. I can't wait!!
One last thing: as many of you know, I have a great admiration for quotations. I usually find ones applicable to and inspiring for almost every situation I find myself in. So I'll often be adding some applicable ones to this blog. Just to give you a heads up. Goodnight!
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