Berlin, Germany
Trip Start
Sep 04, 2007
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Trip End
Oct 26, 2007
Berlin,
Germany
Sunday, October 7, 2007
We grabbed a pamphlet at the train station, which contained an all in one combined map of the S-Bahn and U-Bahn, took one look at it and we're quite overwhelmed. Anyways, we managed to find our way to the hotel after three rail changes.
Over the pizza and pasta, we went to a bar close to our hotel (Graffiti Bar and Restaurant) and had a huge feed at a great price and it was happy hour! The Euro definitely goes a lot further in Germany in comparison to all the other countries visited thus far.
Bel & Brandenburg Gate
Highly recommend it. The following days in Berlin were mainly occupied by tours. The first tour we did was on a hop on/ hop off bus tour, it was a good way to get quickly introduced to the city. The most notable sites we did get to see were the remains of the wall, Checkpoint Charlie, Brandenburg Gate / Pariser Platz and Kurfurstendamm (the main shopping district which happened to be around the corner from our hotel)
After completing the tour we spent the rest of the day walking and shopping around Alexanderplatz then headed back home to rest up for a night out. We headed back out around 10pm to Hackescher Markt, one of the main tourist areas for eating and drinking. The area was once full of squatters, so it was a fairly interesting place to visit (quite safe now). We found a German pub which who brewed their on beer, and once again Germany came good with the food and beer.
After dinner we decided to head to one of many bars in the area to checkout the night seen, we came across a chic cocktail bar that was funky, dark and moody. It was odd shaped bar like a tunnel with a bright curved ceiling. After having "Sex on the beach" (Our cocktails) we found ourselves extremely worn out and considering it was a long day for us we called it a night.
The next day, we joined a walking tour to get a history lesson on Berlin, hear stories and get a better understanding of the places we saw the previous day. The walking tour was excellent it was educational and interesting, most of it based around WW2 and the Cold War. After completing 4 hours and 5kms with the walking tour we found ourselves walking to Hauptbahnhof to the The Bundestag (A modern Parliament wrapped in a historic cloak) which contains a panorama of Berlin from its cupola.
Comments
Germany baby!!
Looks cold there ... hmmm Mr Snackman Baluyot