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Berlin Bike Tour - Tiergarten Statue Discover the beauty of Berlin's Tiergarten through an exciting bike tour. Don't miss the striking Tiergarten Statue and immerse yourself in the rich history and culture of this vibrant city.

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Fat Tire Bike Tour- Berlin

Last weekend I took the train to Berlin with Rodica and her friend to do the Fat Tire Berlin Bike Tour. There are Fat Tire Bike Tours all over Europe, usually in big cities! The tour is given usually in their Native language as well as English (thank tha Lawd). I really enjoyed my tour of BerliN! It's such an amazing city..with so much art and so much history... we had about 7 or so stops, and our tour guide would give us a little history about the site at each of them.  I was especially fascinated by one of the Memorials built for the lives that were taken during the Holocaust. It did not have a name; the architect wanted people to decide for themselves what they want to make of it. The area had hundreds of rectangular blocks, no two were the same, covering the area. Looking over these blocks, I felt a deep melancholy feeling, it just hit me, it was unreal, but it was very real, that the genocide of over 5.1 million Jews, and altogether roughly 11 million victims (between 1933-1945) took place merely 70 years ago..

There was a staircase that led me down to a museum of more history of WWII and the Holocaust, including diaries and letters written by the victims and their families. All of it was really heartbreaking, and even though it's history, it really didn't happen that long ago, I mean, I've talked to German friends here and they've had grandparents who had to see their friends die in front of their eyes..

At one of our stops was a huge parking space and a big apartment complex, with a little sign in front.  This huge space was where Hitler's underground flat was , with 30 or so rooms.  This was also where he committed suicide.  Neo-Nazis fought to have some sort of memorial of Hitler for this area, so they got that sign.

I really enjoyed the bike tour and wished I would have done it earlier on this trip. I definitely recommend it to other travelers  [not tourists] like myself.  :)