Today wasn't quite as busy as yesterday, which allowed me to get caught up on my sleep a little. Early afternoon Timo and I headed over to Ku'damm (short for Kurfürstendamm) to check out some of the sites and meet another friend for lunch.
Ku'damm is this giant shopping area (one of many in berlin), where you can find a mall within 500 feet in practically any direction. Also there is the Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtnis Kirche (the memorial church for Kaiser Wilhelm), which is pretty cool to look at. Unfortunately, most of the church was destroyed during a bombing during WWII, and wasn't rebuilt. They still have one entryway and tower with original art inside that was preserved. Below is a picture of the tower.
After checking out the church for a bit we headed over to KaDeWe (pronounced "kah-day-vay", Kaufhaus des Westens - Department Store of the West) to meet up with Sam, one of Timo's friends from Berlin. We ended up going to this great italian place not to far from KaDeWe for lunch. Timo had to leave before too long (had a flight to catch), so Sam and I walked around Ku'damm for a while checking out the sights.
We eventually took the U-bahn (subway) back, and I had finally a little time to do some unpacking. Later I had dinner with the Thiermeiers, and hung out at their place for a bit. Mrs. Thiermeier, Nina (her daughter) and I went out walking later to show me more of the immediate area around the house. This walk wasn't quite as long as our walk the first day (which went from our place at Goltzstrasse all the way to the Brandenburger Tor and the Bundestag/Reichstag and back, about 5km each way), but still covered quite a bit of ground.
