Pension Classic Berlin

... who had stumbled into the infamous 'Oktoberfest' for just ein stein (one giant beer) and told us he did not remember how he got back to his hostel! Hilarious guy, kept correcting his English and getting frustrated with himself. He sounded like the 'Strongbad' character for those in the know!

Anywho, we had a few bus stops including a very interesting toilet stop, where we encountered paying for using the john for the first time. 50cents of Euro later, we were granted ...

... A young female soldier preached tonight. She spoke of being laid off from her job as a school teacher for no reason, which I suppose is indicative of the financial situation Berlin is in at the moment. Nothing was said about Palm Sunday, which I thought was strange but that is okay. I recognised one song book song - I think it goes something like 'Be strong in the Lord and rejoice.' The corps officer, who was ...

... McDonald's!!! lol I almost pee'ed my pants I was laughing so hard!!! So as I have now leaned on this trip, Aussie's call McDonald's "Mackers", Brazilians "the American Embassy", the Germans "the golden arches", and the Americans "Mickey Dees".... lol!! What a universal language my friends!! .....and on that note, I will leave you since I got home at 7:30am and I have to catch a train to Amsterdam at 8:30am!! Cheers, L.

... were outstretched and how scared the solider look that made me tear up. The museum also had a huge book with the lists of names of people that we sent to 'work camps'. I found a couple of almost-Borowczaks in the book. That also made me wonder if they were my distant relatives and maybe their name's where changed against their will at Ellis island. Or maybe it's just coincidence. We didn't have near enough time in the museum and I opted the cut ...

... a Nazi police officer actually was responsible for protecting the synagogue during Krystallnacht, but then the Allies bombed it), due to time constraints. So, it was with particular pleasure to find an outdoor exhibiton of over two dozen Botero sculptures on view in the Lustgarten, on Museum Island. With museums, cathedrals and even the DDR's ugly Alezanderplatz tower within view, Botero sited each of the sculptures himself. The public is enamored of ...

... on each. it took about 4 hours and luckily the rain pretty much held off. we got back tired and a bit damp and met the Irish girls from last night and went out for mexican which was good they were going on to Krakow today and we decided that as we were going to go to Poland we might as well go to Krakow and we arranged to stay in the same hostel as them. As for tonight for me and Murray we were not sure what to do i was quite tired and could have gone to bed ...

... dans les restaurants. Je mélange parfois l'allemand et le néerlandais, mais j'arrive à me faire comprendre et les Allemands ne changent pas pour l'anglais ou le français en m'entendant. Près du restaurant, nous prenons l'autobus jusqu'à un autre grand parc, celui du château Sansouci. Le parc compte beaucoup de bâtiments et plusieurs châteaux de style prussien. Surtout réputés pour "l'art guérrier", les Prussiens avaient tout de même développé un certain art architectural de style très ...

... has buildings which are more severe and assimilated to one another and little green space..., the shops not as flashy and only wealthy American retail chains (Dunken Doughnuts, for one, is everywhere!) seem to populate most streets. There are changes though and lots of construction which means the past will only disappear more and more as the years go by. We were really interested though to see the differences that still remain. World Cup fever still exists here as shops try to sell ...

... to recover and return to the wonderful life I once enjoyed. For me, this is only a temporary setback...a bump in the road...and there is light at the end of this tunnel. Life is all about choices and attitude...I have chosen to be proactive and take charge of my health. When I first got the news, I was so overwhelmed with all the medical terminology, decisions, pathology reports, etc. and only I could make the decision as to which path I was to take. I chose the ...