Heroes, Freaks and Super Rabbis

We've been having so much fun on our new bikes that yesterday we decided to ride downtown to see some music. The ride took us about 45 minutes, and was really fun. We followed the old wall path , which was really interesting, and did some sightseeing when we rode past the Reichstag and Brandenburg Gate. The free concert was in the Jewish Museum, out in the gardens, which were lovely, and we sat and ate our picnic under a huge arbor. We arrived late, so saw a little jazz before deciding to take a look at " Heroes, Freaks and Super-rabbis: The Jewish Dimension of comic art", since it was the last day of this special exhibit. The show was fascinating, explaining secrets hidden inside of comics, telling of their history, and reveling that many of the creators were Jewish immigrants. The creators of Superman, Hulk, X-Men, Batman, The Fantastic Four and more were Jewish. The special exhibit showed short films, displayed original comics and gave biographies on the creators, Although I'm not exactly interested in comics, I was quite amazed at this exhibit. After finding that we all enjoyed the special exhibit, we decided to move on to the permanent exhibits. These were in a very cool building, designed by the same architect as the Denver Museum of modern art. When we first walked in there was a tree, and it was requested that you write a wish on a paper pomegranate before hanging it up on the tree. We each did this, before moving on to see old artifacts, Jewish prayer books and more. The museum was full of fun things to as well, like using a computer to translate your name into Hebrew, sitting in little nooks in the wall and watching films, or putting donation coins down this crazy shoot. We soon finished the first floor, and while Elena and I begged to go on, we had to go see an apartment. My mom reminded us that we lived here, and we could come back anytime. So we hoped on our bikes and headed back home. We retraced our steps all the way back to the canal that runs behind our flat, and goes on for miles and miles. There are great bike paths all the way down it, and it's lined with parks, playgrounds and Gartenkolonies. We were almost to our building when we saw a small group of people eating kuchen and drinking kaffee. There was a sign that said all were welcome, so we sat down, had a few pieces of cherry cake, and asked what they were doing, sitting there selling cake (they all spoke English). They were a group that took care of that little stretch of the Panke by planting flowers and picking up trash. The kuchen was quite good.
We're having a lot of fun, although I can't wait for school to start. I miss everybody!!