A&O Hotel & Hostel am Zoo
Travel Blogs from Berlin
Back to Berlin
I am back to Berlin, will be catching the early morning plane to LA. I spent the night at this A&O youth Hostel at the Zoo station. The only issue I have is that inside the dorm there are some homeless-like drunks who decided to make lots of noise overnight along with their smoking in the "non-smoking room". It was a rough night because I did …
Sleepless in Berlin
got some shut-eye on the flight and then landed without mishap at Tegel. a moment of pause before the German comes out at the ticket booth... eine tageskarte bitte? the vendor smiles and hands it over, 6.10 euros. the bus takes me downtown in a gray Berlin, and then I check out the prices online. A&O is cheap and convenient, and ever since the …
Carneval day II
I woke up today and the first thing I did is buy two beers and join the parade. much festivities and as I got steadily blurrier, the first faint threads of anxiety floated through my consciousness. am I going to starve to death? probably not. but if it's going to happen, let it happen with gusto. many drunken germans. one blurry girl comes up to me …
Chapter 53: In America We Get Bags.
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 hostel rooms I've yet to encounter (Euro Youth Hostel, fyi). Monday morning I was up by 9; I …