Blogs from Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe - page 129

After a pretty subdued night, I got up in the morning and grabbed some food at the supermarket before beginning a long day of walking. Adjacent to where I was staying is Berlin's large city park (Tiergarten) which I walked through to Brandenburg gate on the far side. I was hoping to follow the course of the Berlin wall, so I was happy to see that it's path was marked by two stone cobbles in the street. I followed it past the haunting memorial to the murdered Jews, and then on to Potsdamerplatz, where there is a short section still standing. It's really hard to imagine how different things would have been in places like Potsdamerplatz with the wall running through the middle of it. Today its a bustling square with high rise buildings and shops. ... read more

Berlin is one of the cities I really enjoyed ^^ There is no more difference between the two sides. You can just feel it when you look at the buildings and the structure of the streets and places. What I loved of berlin is the potzdam platz at night with the sony center. I enjoyed as well the food! I ate lots of sausages and meat roasted just in the street. Museums were interesting and there was a huge park too. When we arrived , it was sunny, but it became sadly rainy. Berlin is really cheap city, so we ate for nice prices, and we bought many things. The night is also exciting. There are lots of nice discos. ... read more

So eventually we arrived in Berlin on Friday morning at 8:20am. Our station was the Zoological Station in Berlin as opposed to the Berlin Hauptbahnhof. Upon arriving we immediately found a place to store our luggage. We had two options for storing our belongings… one was the lockers at the station, for 48 hours we could have payed 5 euro, or we could have them checked in at the luggage holding window for 2.50 euro a day. Opting for the cheaper alternative, we handed over our bags and checked with the guy behind the desk the opening times of the office. We asked him if it was open 24 hours and he said “yes, 24 hours!” So with our bags all secure we left the train station and orientated ourselves outside with where we were. Our ... read more

Day 1 After spending the last week in transition at an apartment in Willesden Green, Mum and I were off to Berlin for the start of our trip through Europe, whilst Liani was off to South Africa to visit her family. We headed off from Stanstead Airport flying Air Berlin which turned out to be one of the most comfortable flights I have had in Europe. At Berlin we caught the bus into town and found our hostel, East Seven not far from all the main sights. After finding some supplies we had a nice dinner not far from our hostel, sitting outside by candlelight. Day 2 We decided not to do an organised tour of the city; instead on the advice of the hostel staff, we planned a full day of sightseeing. First we visited ... read more

After arriving in Berlin in what was ostensibly the longest day of my life, I left the hotel to experience German beer. As it turns out and as was expected the brew was both expensive and refreshing. Some friends and I started a conversation with a man from Copenhagen who after speaking with for some time deemed that I be called "the jokester." The following morning, September 12, I went on a bus tour of the city. A notable sight during the tour was Peter Eisenman's Holocaust Memorial. This memorial consisted of hundreds of granite blocks arranged in such a way that it appears to be a wheat field on a windy day. Although this affect was not achieved when I experienced the monument, other people claim to see the creator's intent. The afternoon was spent ... read more