Raining in Berlin - highly recommended
Trip Start
Aug 29, 2007
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Trip End
Oct 27, 2007
Berlin,
Germany
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
We arrived at Berlin Hbf and changed to an S-Bahn train to Friedrichstrasse and again to another to get to Anhalter. Found our hotel without any problems. A nicer place than we have stayed todate, however it is significantly more expensive.
Having unpacked, we set off towards the Brandenburg gate and Potsdammer Platz. Then on to the parliament house, back to Brandenburg Gate and down Unter den Linden.
We did some shopping for breakfast at Alexander Platz before coming back. Next time I book hotels, I will check if breakfast is included
Potsdamer Platz Bhof
. 28 Euro for breakfast at the hotel - not me!Some more impressions:
1. Germans like big things - like really fricken big - I hope this comes out in the photos. Even office buildings are big - not only tall, but often a hundred meters wide and long!
2. Not everything is in its place in Germany. You have beggers, sex shops, prostitutes, rubbish an people pissing in the street, punks and weirdos. Much of this is hidden away from the more touristy places.
3. Germans can't make a good flat-white.
4. Bier is very cheap here and you can buy it almost anywhere. Less than a Euro for a 500ml bottle from the supermarket. You pay around 3.60 from a cafe for the same amount.
5. American influences are everywhere from the Starbucks to the clothing brands to the TV ads. Much reeks of American influences. TV has got a lot to answer for.
6. Germans are generally very polite.
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Added some more photos from Wednesday 5th Sept. We had a shopping day and must have walked at least 10km!
Charlottenburg castle was pretty impressive.
