Grand City Hotel Berlin

... and of course Paris (Hilton). Then we inhale the smorgasbord of sin, Las Vegas (with a day trip to the Grand Canyon and NOT the Hoover Dam). From Sin City to the Big Apple, where we are staying in the cheapest hotel in New York- I'm sure that this ...

... comfortably in her 1st class seat. The journey to Berlin finally concludes a few minutes late at the Berlin HBF, what appears to be Grand Central Station and central transportation hub of Germany's capital. We quickly determined a city bus ride was ...

... . But i am happy now because I am here now and Berlin is beautiful I think I am gonna just head over to my hotel the Grand City Berlin Mitte, and get unpacked and settled in. i will start my exploring tomorrow. O before I forget. So far I have spent: ...

... back home and we were seriously sleep deprived. After waking up we made the trek to Mustafa's, apparently the best kebab stand in Berlin, and it certainly didn't disappoint! However, because it is so popular the line is MASSIVE and it i literally a little ...

... hours to get our site seeing in...Once we finished we had a chance to catch a bit of yet another Weinachtmarkt in Berlin. Not quite as special as our first experience! Later that evening Tati, Adam and I escaped to grab some grub at a tasty Viet ...

... highlight of our stay. All of us were greatly impressed and have fallen in love with t´his amazing city. Picked up at our hotel with a comfortable chauffeur driven van we took a large comprehensive 4 hour Berlin tour. A number of photo stops ...

... the Brandenburg Gate, between the Reichstag, is a brick line in the ground.  This line runs all through the city as a marker of where the Berlin Wall used to stand.  It's very interesting to see how it runs right through the center of the ...

... then travelled to large modern market, named Potsdamer Platz.  This Square was built after 1991 with the idea of giving Berlin a common city center.  It has a feel of an American Mall, with many eating shops located in the middle of a covered ...

... host to some interesting buildings, especially when lit at night. This night walk capped off the sightseeing in Berlin and we finished off at the hotel with a bit more internet before an early night in preparation for the next morning's relatively early ...

... days so here's another one of my excellent overviews which you all know and love: Sunday: 6 hour bus ride to Berlin, arrive at hotel, set loose for food and nick nacks, walking tour by teachers, Brandenburg gate, German Parliament building (Bundestag), ...

... building) with its dome spiral (but the line was too long to go up). We saw a piece of the Berlin Wall, the Brandenburger Tor city gate, which in old times was the wall crossing point, and finally the War Victims Memorial where ...

My trip to Berlin started off with an overnight flight from Houston to Berlin Tegel airport via Frankfurt, with a grand total of two hours of sleep.  Upon arrival in Berlin, the first order of business was to stand in a horrendous BVG line for a ...

... . I guess its the rocking... but I did wake up a few times when it became a bit colder... brrrr.... The train reached Berlin Lichtenberg Station at 745am. After which we alighted to take the S-bahn which is free to Jannowitzbrucke, and then buy a ticket ...

... made my way down to breakfast and tried to find something that appealed to me.  At 9am we hit the road, leaving the grand city of Berlin on our way to Prague. It was about a 3-hour drive to our lunch time destination of Dresden, which in its long ...

... 11 hours. We went up to a viewing deck on top of a building on the Potsdamer Platz for a bird’s eye view of the city. Berlin is a remarkably low city, with most buildings less than 10 storeys. This one was around 25 floors high, with entry only ...

... Nazi's were doing well - he and his Architect Albert Speer developed 'Germania'; a chest beating design for Berlin that would surpass many of Europe's grand buildings. They would have an archway that would dwarf the Arch De Triomphe and a Dome that would ...

... if the physical divide is long gone. Our first day was spent getting familiar with our surroundings. Our hotel is located in the far eastern corner of East Berlin. When booking, this decision made us a bit nervous and excited. Mostly out of the fear ...

... '. The description aptly fits the incredible photo I was able to capture of them in front of Brandenburg Gate. I liked Berlin, the city. But I remain unsure and unsettled about Berlin's population. In most ways, Berlin was a pleasant surprise. But ...

... , with stops where you could get on and off as you wish. This was an excellent choice as we discovered Berlin is a really big city and it would have been exhausting trying to walk around it too much. We passed the impressive looking Holocaust Memorial ...

... that I would like to see Berlin. Strange choice but now that I am here I am realizing how intelligent a decision it is. Berlin is the best stepping stone to the West, being that the wall was here that divided the two. Its really interesting cause ...