Intercontinental Berlin

... up at 4:30 after unsuccessfully trying to go back to sleep. We had a great breakfast at the hotel restaurant (Intercontinental Berlin). It was a buffet, of course. The scrambled eggs were delicious, not that horrible creamed eggs the British and French ...

... McDonald's. The cars and streets are bigger here too. So it will be interesting to see this city. We got checked in at the Intercontinental Berlin at about 11:30 pm. Our room is great, very nice size. A little hallway led to the sitting area and bed, ...

... and the shuttle bus carried us quickly to the Narita Airport. The flight back was not as good as the flight to Japan because the intercontinental plane was overbooked so Kai and me had to sit on "emergency" seats. It meant we had no seats in front of us ...

... , I got to see a couple more times, this time walking by it and under it. I learned about it while taking a walking tour of Berlin, most of which was on the East Berlin side. Although it was built as a "Gate of Peace" in the 1700's, it became a symbol of ...

... , and walked over to the train station area where we met up with the tour group. We took the 4-hr Famous Walk: Hidden Berlin & ALL Main Sites walking tour by Insider Tours. Scott was our tour guide. He is originally from Michigan, but has lived in Berlin ...