Hotel Apartmenthaus Zarenhof Berlin

... a quick walkby or "that building ov** th**e is". It still was a good tour to get acquainted with some of the buildings and streets and such. We w**e v**y tired at the end.
So we took the fastest way back to our hotel, stopped at an Italian restaurant for dinn**, had to buy anoth** vouch** for the int**net for my comput** because the hotel system has hijacked it and I cannot log onto any of the area wireless networks now ...

There were numerous business-types in the hostel this morning - the whole European mentality towards hostels is completely different than in North America. In Europe they are seen as budget accommodations, not merely as a haven for poor backpackers. I wanted a bagel this morning, but the place we went to was closed! Should've double checked the opening hours listed in the guidebook. There was a second place listed that ...

... Got a really good burger, chips and coke for €5... best value by a mile so far! Went to the New Synagogue straight from lunch. Pretty interesting... was mostly destroyed in the War but the front areas have been restored and the museum is well done. Have noticed straight away how nothing is in English anymore. Were really spoilt in Holland, as ...

... to many because of the role it played in Nazi rallies during the Third Reich. We had actually hastily added a night in Nuremberg to our itinerary in Germany and it turned out to have been an ideal choice. We arrived late on Sunday afternoon to find the pretty old town packed with locals and tourists alike who were sipping on little mugs of mulled wine and just generally enjoying the festive atmosphere. Nuremburg, is thought to have one of the best ...

... that interested me the most. Oh and the hundreds of UN Buddy Bears, all painted uniquely in country colours. Scraps of metal, paper, and dust was everywhere in front of the Tiergarten and Brandenburger Tor - as they were deconstructing a massive soccer ball that was positioned out the front. Maybe if I saw it at a better time and wasn't so sick - so we could have gone out and tested the Berlin nightlife, I'd have better opinions of the capital...

... it is pricey. The city's architecture also follows the physical characteristic of Amber; it's usually any shade of brown, or on the other hand it's any shade of grey like the 2nd most popular jewelry-silver. Gold isn't too big, and is usually closely priced to silver you see on display in the windows. Also, you have to remember that until the Berlin wall came down in the late 1980's the city in general was flat broke, so everything was a bit cheaper and equally valued ...