A little different.

They say that no two blocks at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, Germany are the same. There are 7,211 blocks. Each one is different from the other - in size, in shape. But the rows and columns of blocks form crisp, straight lines. Absolute perfection. People maze their way through the columns and rows, and little kids hop from block to block. 

I’ve only been in Berlin for three days now, and am struck by how different it is here, how different it feels from home to me. I knew that all parts and pieces of the world were a little different from the other, but I didn’t understand the depth of that until now. I see the difference in the little things, such as in the way we say hello or thank you. 

But while the shapes and sizes and smells and sights are all a little different, we somehow live on this big earth together. Absolute perfection. We maze our way through. We hop from place to place.

In this blog are the differences and similarities I see between here and home.

This blog is what my eyes see of Germany.  

(Photos from the Holocaust memorial.)

 

Here is a link to the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, otherwise known as the “Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe.” It is one of many memorials in Berlin that honors and remembers victims of the Holocaust.