Berlin Wall

April 4:


And another train confusion leads to about a half hour of discomfort and sweaty faces…. We see the train to Berlin from Prague pull up, watching the first class car go by so we head in the direction of that car so that we can leisurely grab our seats.. However, the train gods must …

We were both really excited about Berlin and we were pulling a 7-nighter here so took our time to enjoy this fascinating and exciting city.

We got stuck straight in with a 4-hour segway tour on our first full day there. After a quick practice we were whizzing round at top speed (well, the max we could go which was topped at 20kph, but …

Wednesday 29^th February
Got up way too early for my liking in order to check out, walk to the Metro, get the Metro to the train station, get the bus to the airport and onto my flight to Berlin. I managed to do all this though and made my flight with time to spare (and time to grab breaky at the airport – very important). The …

We started out our second day in Berlin with breakfast at the hostel. It was pretty basic but the food tasted fine. They had some breads, meat, cheese and some spreads for the bread. After breakfast we walked over to the bus for the one tour of the trip that would not require miles and miles of walking. We had a tour guide with us, pointing out the …

My long weekend was really exciting. I started it off on Saturday afternoon with a Pillow Fight Flash Mob on Dam Square, the main square in Amsterdam. I was invited by another UvA student. A crowd met up for a random, fun-spirited pillow fight. It was a lot of fun to be a part of it. Feathers were everywhere!

That night I met up with my …

Berlin is a gorgeous city! It has such an amazing history. On our first day we did a four hour walking tour that was so interesting. We saw everything from the Brandenburg Gate to the old resients of Hitler and the Berlin Wall. The history of Germany is incredibly interesting.

Friday after the German History Museum, we did the Meiningers …

What a City... more please!

This is my very first blog ever... sorry if it sound like a review, I'm sure in time I will get into the swing of things... so be gentle with me!

I was initially thinking... what is there to do in Berlin once you have done the Berlin Wall & The Brandenburg Gate...be a bit boring...boy was I wrong!< …

When you do a scavenger hunt, you don't really expect to have to do math, but that is exactly what happened! Chemnitz has a scavenger hunt that is supposed to take you to some of the main landmarks in the city using a GPS device. You then find the coordinates of your next destination by answering a riddle and solving an equation using that answer. …

Berlin was amazing!!! We would have stayed longer if we hadn't have booked a flight to Paris.
Our hostel was very nice, we got upgraded to one of the hotel rooms because our dorm was dirty, so it was a plus.
The hostel had a lot going on, pool, laundry, chill out zones etc. It was really cool.
From there, we went to see the East Side …

... we have seen each other plenty since college and I'm enjoying my time outside yet again.  We venture over to see the Berlin wall which isn't quite what I had expected but still turns out to be a very cool tourist site.  The paintings ...

... had to smuggle in Swedish engineers to finish the job.  Nice one fellas!  Of course the main site from this time is the Berlin wall or what remains of it.  There is not a lot left and what is left is in very bad condition with tourists ...

Quote of the Moment "I'm not saying I was directly responsible for the fall of the Berlin Wall, just that I made a contribution through the gift of music" - David Hasslehoff. We've just spent a quality two days in Berlin with Karim and Polly, who ...

... different languages. (Actually there is, but it's not widely spoken.) We've noticed a lot of graffiti in the Netherlands and Germany, but Berlin has to beat all! From the moment we arrived on the bus, we saw it on every wall or vertical surface in ...

In late July, we traveled by car from Amsterdam to Berlin, Germany; Kracow, Poland; Budapest, Hungary and then to Vienna, Austria before making the journey back to Amsterdam. Unlike previous trips, we actually were able to leave half a day EARLY on this ...

... wall surrounded East Berlin and they were trying to keep from getting out of the east into western Germany. Instead, Berlin is in East Germany, and the wall was actually built around the west side, to keep people from getting in. Most of the images we ...

... , we had sandwiches around the corner and then took the U-Bahn to the East Side Gallery - the longest stretch of the Berlin Wall that's still standing. Artists have covered the whole wall in graffiti and murals, so while it makes for an interesting ...

... headed to "Checkpoint Charlie".  This was the most frequently used border crossing between East and West Berlin.  There is also a large portion of the Wall still intact that gives only a glimpse of what once was a 161km long barrier that surrounded ...

... '. Decent performance although no awe-inspiring by any means. The upside was that, due to the entirepopulation of Berlin watching Germany v Portgual, my budget of budget ticket, which should have meant a seat directly, and i mean directly, behind a ...

... a fair bit about events that occured right here decades ago. I can only imagine the feeling it would of been when the Berlin wall was removed to reunite the east/west and everyone that had gathered at this point. It was very interesting being here. ...