MUN Heidelberg 2016: Say It with Berlin: Day 3

I'd like to point out that I was wrong about yesterday's post. Not everything from the itinerary of day 1 and 2 were done, so there were some leftovers today. We went to the Reichstag (which was a day 2 thing) and the Hackescher Markt (which was also a day 2 thing) for the first half of the day.

The Reichstag

Our first half of the day was practically quite rushed, as we were trying to finish off all the itinerary of the previous days. Part 2 of today was to the Museum Island. The Museum Island have 5 museums, a cathedral, and a lovely park. The Museum Island is also in the list of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.

It was at Museum Island where we all split up. Dr. Buffinga bought us tickets (the ticket gives us free access to every museum on Museum Island), and then it was practically our own time. We all split up, and went into different museums. Eventually, we would see each other whilst moving to a different museum, but that's not the main attraction. The museum exhibition was amazing. There was the usual arts and sculpture exhibitions, but what was special was that there was an Egyptian exhibition. Once upon a time, there was a German expedition to Egypt. Many, many thing were dug up. There was hieroglyphs on the walls, Egyptian sarcophagus, and things such as the notes that the German archaeologist wrote, explaining their findings, and thought processes. There was also an ancient Greek exhibition in the other museum. Whilst the Egyptian has beautiful human-shaped sarcophagus, the Greeks have a lion-shaped sarcophagus. It was said that the lion serves as the deceased's protector in the afterlife.

Die Alte Nationalgalerie (The Old National Gallery)

Sadly, Museum Island closes at 6pm, that was why no one had time to visit all the museums. Perhaps, all of us could collect our own individual stories, and tell them as a collective. Most of us called it a day right after Museum Island, and we all went back to our hostel.