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The second day in Paris we started late à la France. Got up at 9:30, had a shower and brekkie and left just before 11. We went straight to Arc de trioph. The queue wasn't too bad. Arc de Triomph is way taller than I did remember it. It's very pretty. The view is great aswell. But probably the pictures I took say more than 1000 words. The next stop was Eiffel Tower. There the queues were heaps longer. To walk up the stairs (with the back pack -.-) we queued up for about 2 hours. Even on the 2nd platform we had to queue for the elevator up top. Up there it was amazing though. We had Champagne in weird cone cups for 10 euro each o.O and it was all cliché and that. The ... read more

I hate City Night Lines because the chairs are gay to sleep in. Strasbourg is pretty though. It was hot and sunny for most of the day but then it got really humid and started raining a bit. First we had breakfast in town - chocolate croissant and espresso. Then we walked towards city center crossing nice canals. The houses are a mixture of German and French, lots had the pattern like the ones in Nürnberg had. Notre-Dame of Strasbourg is a ridiculously massive church but its beautiful. Also, we wentinside and walked around it. The palace or chateau, which is very close to the church, does not look impressive at all after seeing the church even though it is an alright building. Then we went on the boat trip through Strasbourg. It took 70 minutes ... read more

When we got up today we went shopping first. Food is so expensive here! Then we grabbed our stuff from the hostel and locked it at the train station. Our first sight was City Hall of Stockholm today. City Hall is massive. It is a red building right next to the river. Very windy there but beautiful. Stockholm reminds me of Venice. But orange. There was weird statues of naked people everywhere. It was spitting but we didn't get too wet at all. We then crossed the bridge to Gamla Stan - the old city. Saw an abbey on the way. First we went to Riddar Holmen which is one part of the island. There was a pretty red-brown church. Then on our way to central old town we saw more pretty buildings, most of which ... read more

Arrived in Berlin at 7.20 or so. We ditched our maps and plans because we had a museum on there first which only opened at 10 and cost 8 €! So we walked to the parliament house after brekkie and locking our bags in. We walked around the back of it where there were left-over pieces of Berlin wall. Sam took parts of it with him. We followed where the wall used to be to the Berlin Zoo park where there was a memorial dedicated to the victims of the Stasi. It was the last one left in Berlin. Next was the Brandenburger Gate. It was early and surprisingly there were almost no tourists - except us. Following the street we - unknowingly - discovered the Holocaust Memorial. Sam jumped on it - afterwards he felt ... read more