Holiday Inn Berlin City East - Landsberger Allee

... are You?"....probably. Each new experience, even the tiny ones, teach us something and everyday I feel more and more like a local. I think Alex is even starting to warm up to the city, something that seemed nearly impossible at the beginning.<br>We're off to Munchen (Munich) this weekend for a little visit to Oktoberfest, we'll post pictures Monday! I'm excited for my very first cross-country train ride!!<br>-C

The first attraction on our Berlin itinerary was the shopping centre to buy Ian some clean clothes. I have never seen such a wide range of male g-strings! (Berlin is the 3rd largest gay city in the world.)<br><br> Everybody rides biked in Berlin, from dudes in suits with thier leather briefcases strapped on the back, to the Dad with his two kids. So we figured we'd make like a local and do a bike tour.<br><br> Our guide was fantastic, a lot of history, spoke English, and was very ...

... we would just walk between the sites of interest. This plan, while being cheaper than train or bus, took its toll over the course of the day. First up we made a beeline for the Großer Stern monument and then into the huge area of surrounding parkland. Whilst being positioned in a massive city, Tier-Garten is one of the most peaceful and well-kept parks I have ever seen. We swung by the Russian war memorial ...

... all weathered and war torn. I was glad that it had not been demolished. We headed in the direction of the hostel to get our bag. On the way we stopped at Potsdamer Platz and saw a replica of the first electric traffic light. Our last stop for the day was the New Synagogue. The dome was very decorative from the outside. I was not as impressed when we had climbed up to the dome and then they asked for the admission fee!! Very sneaky of them. The ...

... school German phrases and they spoke excellent English. No change there then. We followed the directions on the email from our hostel and were pleasently surprised to find we are situatied right next to the longest remaining section of the wall. I am keeping a dictionary of "Nellyisms", these are phrases and comments made by my mum. (No doubt I'll make a few myself). How about this one: We are walking along toward the hostel and my ...

... crawl at around 02:30 so we did what only South Africans do....we walked back to the hostel....a good 10 minutes but quite entertaining....the reason being that on our way home a dude was cycling past me and turned round to look at me (pedestrian walking in the road in the middle of the night) and managed to ride flat out into a parked truck.....and he flew over the handlebars. I was still laughing when I fell asleep that night.

... as i was talking to the lady i could feel it dripping off my face. after waiting about 10 minutes and losing about half of my bodies water we left with directions and and ridiculously priced public transport ticket. We arrived at Circus Hostel with no major hiccups and checked but i was still losing water at an alarming wait and we decided that we would replenish my desperately low fluid level by taking the prescribed dosage of pub crawl!!!! this was set to start at ...

... trouvons un petit restaurant avec une carte intéressante uniquement en allemand. Cela fait étrange de se retrouver les seuls à l'intérieur, mais l'avantage est que nous n'aurons pas à partager la salle avec des fumeurs. Avec l'idée que cela ressemblera aux cigares au chou polonais, les golabki, je commande le « kohlroulade » (roulade au chou). Au lieu de deux mignons petits cigares, mon plat ressemble plutôt à une montagne de chou et de viande ! Wow, ça c'est du chou ...

... be shot in. After this we walked past the Potsdamer Platz, which is like a shopping center, to Checkpoint Charlie. This is where the tour ended. From here I debated what to do at first but got a couple photos and then headed back towards the Tiergarten. We made a lunch pitstop at the Jewish memorial for curry wurst which was actually quite nice. After that we took photos at the Brandenburg gate and some people had wanted to see the Reichstag. We got into the line and ...

... and that the people w**e talking with us! I thought what the ****....FEliiii my bag is stolen! He got up and uppppsssss yep "tasche weg".....but the thief was already caught by the police and so I got my bag back! A lady stole it and we didn´t realize it....good luck ;-) now I am really going to take more care about my stuff!!!