Berlin - GERMANY! Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 on our Berlin adventure. In contrast to the Christmas Day festivities in Australia, Germans refer to the 25th of December as 'Erster Feiertag,' translating to the 'first celebration day.' While gift-giving typically occurs on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day remains a significant time for families to come together and cherish well-deserved respite from work. Additionally, it presents an opportunity to capitalise on the public holiday by venturing out for the day. Given our limited four-day window to spend with our lovely German family, we aimed to maximise our time by exploring destinations from our itinerary. With a shared interest in visiting a concentration camp, we embarked on a journey to Sachsenhausen or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg. This was a German Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May later that year. It mainly held political prisoners throughout World War I...