Berlin 3 - schools, bunkers and ice skates

After the usual yummy breakfast we were taken to the Nelson Mandela school.   Nobody knew what to expect But we got shown around the school and managed to interact with some grade 9 students and Sanusha addressed the grade 8 art class about what the team

 had done and what they were doing in Germany.

Our Next stop was a tour of an underground bunker where we were not allowed to take any photos but we saw some interesting things and learned a lot about life in Berlin during the war.

Ever since we had heard about the Berlin trip, Alex had wanted to buy ice skates in Berlin.   She plays provincial ice hockey and apparently it is much cheaper to get a good pair of skates in Germany than South Africa.   Our driver/tour guide, Kye, very kindly took us to the ice hockey shop.   There were a couple of problems - the lovely whate skates were not available in the right size, the credit card machine seemed not to recognise the travel card but all the problems got sorted and Alex is now the proud owner of a pair of new Bauer skates plus some other hocky stuff.

In the evening we took a boat trip along the canals and the river Spree.   Probably my highlight so far.