Monday, January 11, 2010

Berlin/Dresden

The "tour" of the Charite skill training center was extremely interesting. Being able to participate in the demonstration of the types of training the doctors received at the center was quite intense, especially since I was the one called on to save the manikin's life. The anesthesiologist that gave us the tour was quite fascinating, yet the thing i found most interesting was how young he was to already be the head of his department. The experience of learning how to save a life in critical situations felt quite overwhelming, and i couldn't help but thinking how i could have gone so long without learning these basic steps in human health.
The next day in Dresden was completely different from Berlin. I could see how different Berlin was from any other city we had visited yet. The history of Berlin was so much more recent and still fresh in every other one had a history that focused on a past much longer ago. Dresden was a city built on a completely different type of culture, full of beautiful buildings, especially the Protestant Church that we got to see. That church was one of the most amazing things I have ever seen, something I don't think I can ever forget. Though the time we spent there was short, the city of Dresden left a pretty big impression on me that won't soon be lost.

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