Blogs from Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe - page 128

I had been looking forward to Berlin as many people had said it was a top city. Plus I was going to catch up with a good mate Pietro (aka Fuey) who was travelling in from Dusseldorf (where he lives) and whom I hadn´t seen for a couple of years. Berlin is built on a boggy swamp, so can be a bit whiffy at times. But it just adds more character to a city that is already very individual and diverse. Took a free walking tour (they work on tips alone) which was really worthwhile for orientation purposes. During my stay got to see the usual sights (Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, Berlin Wall), plus went to some museums (Holocaust Memorial, Pergamon, Stasi Museum, Checkpoint Charlie museum) and a local jazz club (Schlott), and also checked out some ... read more

So i am not sure where i left off last time i wrote but i will just say Berlin is AWSOME!!!!! We have been having a blast, so far we have seen all the things that i mentioned before but also we went to the big part of the berlin wall that is still standing that was neat because right beneath it was the excavation of the old Gestapo headquarters and although it was all in german there were some really amazing pictures, also right behind there was a wall that told the story of the berlin war crime trials and how the four major powers indicted 24 or 26 leaders of the nazi party and sentenced all of them to death. It was really interesting to read all the quotes that the german leaders said ... read more

Hallo, We are now in berlin and it looks great. We are told it is a really neat place because they have completly rebuilt the city since ww2 so in a sence it is a new city. I will write more when i am not paying alot for internet but to anyone who talks to my parents, we are here safe. Jack... read more

well i say that cause there is a bear at every corner apparently the city mascot... mmm...amazing place so much history went and visited a concentration camp which was interesting but quite sad to see what they actually went through... and we did a tour and learnt all about the berlin wall and went and checked out checkpoint charlie which was a museum outlining how people got over the wall... of course we tried out few different beers and the world famous kebabs... and well we also took the challenge of another pub crawl again the results were quite funny and i ended up only a little bit lost this time.. but met some lovely people and managed to check out this really awesome squatters bar where people just campout and paint and grafetti this 4 ... read more

After the night of the long pasta wait it was vegemite and cheese sandwiches for breakfast, what a great way to start the day, thanks again for the kilo jar Tash. Anyway, things have been cracking along on the trip. I caught up with Nina in Berlin, I can't remember if I said that already, all the booze and continuous flights are starting to get to my memory. So while we were there we went on the free New Berlin tour where we walked around for three and a half hours checking out all the sites and learning a little history behind them all too which is always good. If anyone goes to Berlin definitely go on the tour cos it's awesome and kind of free, you give the guide a tip at the end as ... read more

Here are some of the pics of things we saw and did in Berlin ... read more