Blogs from Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe - page 133

After Prague we headed to back into Germany and its reborn capital Berlin, but not before driving through very 'interesting' and 'amusing' sites near the Czech / German border - back were the garden gnomes and brothels. We were really looking forward to Berlin, and I was especially curious as my last visit was in 1989 about 5 months before the Berlin Wall came down. I was expecting it to have changed, but not sure to what extent. There were no campsites near the city centre so we stayed out near Potsdam on a very large lake surrounded by a very large park, so plenty of places to unwind and relax when not sightseeing (I know I can hear you all saying 'I think you have already done enough of that'). It was also a great ... read more

So, how do you see as much of the city as you can when you only have one day? A bike tour of course! And to anyone that is ever traveling around and you see a company called Fat Tire Bike Tours, TAKE THE TOUR! It was the best tour Ive been on so far. And we were dissapointed because we found out afterwards that there was one in Paris and Barcelona and if you did all three you would get a free t-shirt. Anyways, our bike tour started at 11am. We saw all the major sights incuding many parliment buildings, checkpoint charlie, the university where the burning of any free thinking book was burnt, a beer garden for lunch and of course, the balcony that Michael Jackson dangled his baby over! But for me, the ... read more

i've been taking pictures but it has been a pain to get them uploaded onto this website, so everyone is just going to have to wait til i get home to see most of them, sorry. however, nathan has been here for the last week and has taken a posted of great pictures of places we've been in berlin. there are two spooky hallway pictures that come from my building. anyway, check out his site and click on photoalbum on the right if you want to take a peek: http://www.statraveljournals.com/derradwegmann/ ... read more

Silly you ...don't think that I have met someone special ...it is just happened that today in Berlin it is one of the biggest party. The love (parade) is back after 2 years of absence due to insufficient fund. It is where young people and wild teenagers who like techno and dancing music can enjoy the blasting sound from the oversize amplifier in float parade trucks represented a lots of clubs in all over europe. This is one event in someone's lifetime who should experience before he/she die ?? extracted from a book titled 100 things to do and visit before you die. it is an interesting sight to witness. Kids (I can call these teenagers) are drinking, making noise, whitsling, dancing wildly and somewhat passionately through various DJ who make appealing and sounding music. Saw ... read more

Well, the excitement of being in a new and unfamiliar place has started to wear off a little, and I think I'm in a bit of a slump. Learning German is really hard. And I'm sort of homesick, which I realize is totally ridiculous seeing as I've only been here less than 2 weeks, but so it is. I also hurt my back sitting on a very hard cobblestone street to watch the world cup game at this public viewing, so I've been in pain, which doesn't help. I did go on an interesting cultural program the other day, and learned a funny story about Bertolt Brecht that I'll pass on here. So, for those unfamiliar with him, Brecht was a socialist playwright from Germany, author of The Threepenny Opera, Mother Courage, etc. Wrote between the ... read more