Berlin, Germany Travel Blogs

... 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 have ...

A travel blog entry by madman96
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... suis alle me perdre dans Berlin. J ai marche 4000 heures. ET OUI JAI VU LE MUR!!! J ai meme signe le mur de Berlin! C est quelque chose! Enlongeant le mur j ai decouvert une breche qui donnait sur une plage! Il y avait 3 bars sur la plage& ...

A travel blog entry by jelg
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... had always imagined that the 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 ...

A travel blog entry by tbassplayer
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... sous la pluie encore une fois, theme recurrent. Je vais rester encore 3 nuits ici, cela fera donc 5 nuits en tout a Berlin! Mon record! Moi qui voulait voir un musee avec toutes les horreurs de la guerre j'ai beaucoup de difficulte a trouver tout ...

A travel blog entry by jelg
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... blague voyons. Compare a Amsterdam le reseau de pistes cyclables fait pitie ici, ca ressemble a Montreal. Se promener a velo a Berlin est donc une aventure qui demande concentration. Hier soir j'ai rencontre un sud africain qui a l'air aussi ...

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... spent a quality two days in Berlin with Karim and Polly, who managed to get us beds in their hostel - the little angels. Berlin has gone pretty football crazy. They've closed off about half a mile of street from the Brandenberg Gate all the way down to ...

A travel blog entry by foolsgold
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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 ...

A travel blog entry by chronometers
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... of 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 ...

A travel blog entry by kimandmartin
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... day was some sort of public holiday in Germany. Not only was it some public holiday, it was the public holiday in Germany and Berlin was the place to be. October 3 I learned, was the anniversary of the reunification of Germany, and therefore Berlin as ...

A travel blog entry by danblank
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... But after suffering decades of depression and political struggle, i was pleased to see the resiliency of the people and therefore, creating Berlin of today.  I'd highly recommend a visit here if you're ever in Europe and you'll surely enjoy it as much ...

A travel blog entry by yah27
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... city to rebuild, the price tag is enormous.  On top of that the unemployment rate is at 17%!  Despite this, Berlin is exceptionally clean, incredibly friendly, has arguably the greatest transportation system in the world, and is intensely policed.  We couldn ...

A travel blog entry by meganandkevin
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My first night in Germany was a good time. I scoped out the city on foot, had an awesome local dinner of pork medallions and spätzle noodles at Fraunhofer Restaurant, drank some fine Munich beer, practiced mein Deutsch, and slept well in one of the nicest ...

A travel blog entry by easyread
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... here on the road towards Potsdam and enjoyed some great german food, beer and friendly people at a local place along the road.  Germany is SO EASY to eat in. After a beautiful day of walking ALL OVER Berlin, up and down the Unter den Linden, over ...

A travel blog entry by gr8escape
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A travel blog entry by jawad
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... is from Berlin, will just list some of Shari's pros and cons so far of what little she has seen of Berlin. Pros: - Cool artsy neighborhoods, - Interesting architecture, - Lots of good eats  (bakeries are awesome, as well as good ...

A travel blog entry by sfrtw
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... living, but don't you dare touch our traffic light guy. We then went by the Stasi Museum about the secret police of East Germany (a FREE museum as well, but all in German -- they have a book in English, but it only translates about half the displays) ...

A travel blog entry by danblank
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... came to visit. Having spent enough time in Amsterdam already they drove with Chris to Prague and Krakow, then back to Berlin where Melanie joined for a 4 day weekend. After Berlin, we all drove to the small town of Quedlinburg in the Hartz mountains with ...

A travel blog entry by chronometers
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... '. 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 travel blog entry by marktjhung
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... jumped on the metro across town to one of the last remaining sections of the Berlin Wall called the East Side Gallery. The Gallery was painted after the fall of the Wall and as has happened pretty much the entire time we've been in Germany, it rained.

A travel blog entry by eatdessertfirst
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... . Il etait temps que je parte. Je voulais arreter a Hamburg mais il n y avait pas d auberge disponible alors ce fut directement Berlin. Ca ne me derangeait pas, je savais que Berlin etait une valeur sure au niveau action. Je me suis donc tape une autre ...

A travel blog entry by jelg
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... Charlie. Just a normal street now, but it still has the checkpoint station where the allies crossed over to east Germany. Here i learnt of all the standoff's and action between the two sides and how important this position actually was. There's a guy ...

A travel blog entry by clintonb
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... a while and wind up losing their party as they, along with us, lost track of time.  It was a relaxed, yet entertaining introduction to Berlin.  I can tell that a majority of the time will be spent outdoors while I'm in Europe and I like it!

A travel blog entry by madman96
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... past. A massive new monument to the Jews who were murdered (yes, the word murdered is now used)has been recently completed in Berlin. Germany is deeply in debt because it took on the problems that the communist East had when it was unified but there is an ...

A travel blog entry by heatheravan
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Documentation of a German travelers whose face (beard) changes over time and space. http://www.thelongestway.com/ http://www.gadling.com/2009/04/23/the-longest-way-an-awesomely-bearded-journey/

A travel blog entry by happysheep
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... ve come down with the flu because I can't see myself going out tonight which is a real pain given it's Saturday night in Berlin (save money though). I'm off to Paris tomorrow on the 10:42 train... get into Paris around 8pm. I think I'm more excited about ...

A travel blog entry by shanewilson
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... ... I won't rate it as being my favourite yet because I've just arrived but my first impressions are very good. I've arrived in Berlin, and very happy to get off the train. It was horrible sitting up for the entire 13 hours, but I still managed to get ...

A travel blog entry by shanewilson
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... ahead of you and avoiding the local pedestrians and traffic. This covered sights such as the Brandenburg gate, holocaust memorial, Berlin wall and Checkpoint Charlie with the history behind each place. It was quite interesting hearing about WW2 and then ...

A travel blog entry by flashpackers
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... .  The outdoor picnic tables filled up fast during the first match as people prepared for the late game which featured a Germany victory over Poland.  I enjoyed large beers and sausages until I couldn't eat anymore, at which point we headed to ...

A travel blog entry by madman96
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... in the German national colours. We met two very interesting ladies who weren't big soccer fans at all but were fanatical about Germany winning anything. We soon sampled some of the beer and local foods, a wide choice of sausages, other meats and pretzels, ...

A travel blog entry by vine_hooligans
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... was once used to exchange spies from the East and West Berlin states - yes the wall came down to this part of Germany also.   Potsdam was where Friedrich the Great decided to build his Royal Palace. He was named 'the Great' as he fought ...

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