Pension Unicat Potsdam

... A top display of former East German bikes and the Travi paper/cotton made cars, we spent a few hours there. I was going to go up the famous TV tower that was the spying tower of the East German govt but the lines were too long. I remembered Giselle and I spent a trip up there but the smog and lack of colour meant the views from the top were nothing special. I do remember the German marks we had to change into East German marks could not be spent despite our ...

... least look at it form your living room. Berlin has over 150 museums and galleries. We managed only three. To see them all would take weeks, particularly given the queues at each one. The Pergamon museum contains almost all the Pergamon Altar, making our custody of the Elgin Marbles look like petty theft in comparison. The Altes Museum has a wonderful display of Egyptian relics, including a ...

... around berlin i will save money from transportation (common in germany) There was a gift shop outside of the museum selling green trenker hats, i had to get one for 3 euros. Three hours later i began to get hungry so i stopped by a local family owned resteraunt and got german sausage and water for 5 euros. I decided to bike back to my hostel as i wanted to be fully rested for the next day.

... price rung up to 133 Euro which isn't that bad considering the fact that I have a $5,500 budget. Well I'm going to finish up packing since my flight leaves at 5:15p.m and it doesn't arrive until 2:20a.m the next day. Till tomorrow.

... We made couple other stops at the New Palace and the Orangery. Our last stop was a quick walk through Brandenburger street in downtown Potsdam with the funny Rhino statue. We returned back to Berlin and met a few of Franks friends. More pics from Potsdam are in the gallery

... our hotel and checked in. After a lunch of Burger King and some time on the internet, we went back to the hotel for a bit. At 6:30, we went to dinner to meet the group. The group seems a bit...strange. The tour manager seems nice enough. She typed out a very long, very extensive day sheet. She also gave us the whole list of rules. After dinner, most people went to a bar. Me and Dana walked around the block and realized there's nothing around, so back to the hotel it was.

... various conventions. He frowns. Business may be good, be he is not happy. So off I go on foot to begin canvassing other hotels and Pensions in the area; and everywhere I go I get the same answer. Full up. My path crosses a young girl (early twenties?) and we seem to track each other as we go from hotel to hotel as each place I go to says "Try over at..." and she is always coming out as I am going in! The story, as I go along, is not only that there are conventions, but that Berlin is ...

... blocks in the distance) - went to Berlin tourist information desk asking for directions to the train station (typically a two minute walk down the same street)- discovered Berliner kick- the German red bull, except better. Made a reservation for my train to Munich- then went back to the holocaust memorial near the Brandenburg gate (I don't get it)- sat down for a while ...

... The stadium was about 75% full of Mexican fans who were all dressed in green and wearing sombrero's. They were extremely loud and for the most part were able to drown out the 4 sections of Argentina fans who would periodically stand up, start waving their towels and sing a fight song of some kind. It was a pretty cool atmosphere. The game itself was by far the best of our three. There were two goals in the first 10 minutes (one by each team), which led to an ...

... I got more energy in the fact that here I was running along the Moselle River when ordinarily on a Sunday afternoon I would be lying on the couch bored. It made me appreciate our trip and get me through the last ten minutes or so. Without much else to write about today and seeing as we are leaving Germany after a couple of weeks I thought I would list the best and the worst of Germany The best Oktoberfest in fact drinking beer and singing throughout Bavaria The history ...