So I’ve been home for almost a week now and I’m finally getting around to finishing the last few days of our blog. We didn’t do too much (again, we were worn out) so they should be quick… Monday July 6 Today, after breakfast Viv went back into the room to go back to sleep and/or watch movies on the computer. I had decided to use this time to check out the Jewish Quarter, supposedly one of the best in Europe. So I ventured out by myself and headed to the Maisel Synagogue first. Here I bought my “museum pass” which [View Full Entry]

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Sunday July 5 Breakfast at our hotel here in Praha is amazing—I might even like it better than Berlin. They have pastries, breads, cheeses, cold meats, fruit, the equivalent of some sort of egg salad, ham (the ham is good), an egg noodle dish, coffee, juice…After breakfast, we did a whole lot of nothing. I updated my blog, messed around on the internet, Viv took another nap, and just basically took it easy. We went out for lunch (we’ve been eating so much) in Hradčany (the castle district). We shared a very good chicken noodle soup. Viv had beef goulash with [View Full Entry]

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Saturday July 4 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA! We woke up early this morning so we could pack all our stuff. After another quick breakfast, we rushed out the door to catch the bus, to catch the train to the main train station (Hauptbahnof). We got there with 15 minutes to spare. When the train arrived, we leisurely made our way on to the coach and we’re impressed with how comfortable and spacious the seats looked. Unfortunately, little did we know that we were actually in 1st class…woops. Kind of embarrassing. We hauled our luggage back four cars to our real seats, and [View Full Entry]

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Friday <<Poor but Sexy>> is the slogan for Berlin. Even though the city is 61 billion euros in debt, they continue to build and renovate all over. The Germans have done an amazing job remembering their past and making it known to the world (many museums and memorials are free). They embrace their terrible history and in turn make the facts accessible to all, so as to not forget the past. Real quick i want to mention a little on the public transportation. It's ridiculously easy to use. The S-bahn (above ground train) and the U-bahn were reliable and quick. We [View Full Entry]

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Thursday Today started out with another amazing breakfast. We took the bus over to the Zoologischer Garten Station to meet for our 2nd tour with Mike. We were heading to the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, which is located about 40 km north of Berlin (only about a 27 minute train ride). Established in 1936, this Sachsenhausen was used as the “model camp” in which all others were designed after. We started our tour with a walk from the train station to the actual camp. Just outside its walls were houses that used to be old SS barracks and training grounds. Before entering [View Full Entry]

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Wednesday So today was our first full day in the beautiful Berlin, Germany. We started out the day with breakfast at the hotel. It was AMAZING—on the top floor of our hotel overlooking OliverPlatz, we had cold meats, cheese, variety of bread, yogurts, fruits, juices, eggs, sausages, cereals…after breakfast, we quickly hurried over to our guided tour with Insider Walking Tour. We met at the Zoologischer Garten with our awesome tour guide, Mike. He’s from New Zealand (first thing I thought of was Flight of the Concords, he even showed us the New Zealand Embassy, but he [View Full Entry]

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Tuesday Guten Tag!! Wow Viv and I know absolutely NO GERMAN. It’s been hilarious listening to her say things from our phrase book. Good thing many people here speak English. And the couple of people that we’ve run into so far who don’t have been very helpful, even in German. We got in this morning around 9am. We got our 5-day Berlin City Tour Card, which allows us to ride all the S-bahn, the U-bahn, and the buses unlimited. It also gives us some discounts on certain attractions. We got to our hotel (Agon Opera Berlin) around 10:30am, but couldn’t check [View Full Entry]

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Monday Today is our last day in Paris. We leave for Berlin tonight at 8:20pm. We checked out of the hotel at 11--they were kind enough to let us leave our luggage at the hotel for the day so we could finish up exploring. We started out by going back to place du terre to get a few souvenirs (which we are already out of room for...try telling that to the girl). We had lunch at the bottom of the Sacre Coeur at Le Ronsard Café. I had a croque monsieur and a warm goat cheese salad, viv had une salade [View Full Entry]

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Sorry, i dont' know what happened the last time i tried to post this blog but i'll try again (this time viv added some stuff)... Saturday Shopping at outlets near Disneyland Paris (bought a pair of jeans that fit perfectly for 20 euros, originally 60!)—back to Paris for more shopping at Printemps & Galerie Lafayette (huge sales, tons of people, 7 floors of shoulder-to-shoulder shopping)—L’Arc de Triomphe & Champs-Elysee—La Tour Eiffel (2nd time), arrived too late and couldn’t go up AGAIN—on the way home on the metro, some guy offered me some weed or co [View Full Entry]

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Friday was just as busy. We started out by going to Musée Picasso, which I loved!! I decided to go here last minute, but very glad that we did. I highly recommend it. The whole museum was filled with Picasso’s paintings, drawings, sculptures, books, and even poems. Incredible. Sorry, no pictures were allowed inside, but I think Viv may have sneaked one in. Next we walked over to Centre Pompidou. This building is really cool because it is built inside out, with all the pipes and such on the outside. Again we used our museum pass (we’re definitely getting our money’s [View Full Entry]

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