http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Germany , District of Berlin en-us Tue, 10 Nov 09 11:00:48 +0000 Tue, 10 Nov 09 11:00:48 +0000 yzanother busz busz daz. and cold. brrr reallz frostz this morning and onlz about 5 degrees this afternoon. had mz coat and sweater and hat and mitts on. wish i had brought mz long underwear reallzwent to bed around 1030 last night after figuring out how to get to potsdam. however stupid roommates... 2 of them came in around 1230 and were messing around about a half hour. then around 3 the oth http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-449979.html Happz Halloweeny and z are switched. ugh.Anzwazs didnt bother with an entrz last night just a boring travel daz. other than almost missing the train. haha it was leaving from the zuid south station instead of the main station and i didnt exactlz research how to go about getting there beforehand. sillz me. but i made it with time to stop to grab a bacon and egg sandwich and some pringles for http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-449737.html Arriving in Berlin late we were met with caos At City Stay Mitte they had only booked one of us in... they were fully booked... mmmm not a happy Jen... We had booked a double as we had been staying in a dorm in Amsterdam and needed some TLC hehe... They couldnt find our booking and the language barrier was soooooo bad we left Making our way to Generator a famous hostel with plenty of bed http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-449687.html This trip was full of historical information and it forces you to look beyond WWII to see germany's relevance to world history. 1st stop Berlin extreemly young and alive. Art the old as found in the museum Island where you find the pergamum museum and the boden museum intermingles with the new when you round the corner and come to Lust pltz and see the water gyezer exhibit across the street.H http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/blog-449336.html Test http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-448624.html Yay time for a reasonable trip We took a week out for Andrew's 30th and headed to Berlin then across by train to Prague. We flew out of Gatwick on the 3rd and made our way into Berlin via train from the airport not the easiest one we have done as couldn't find anyone who spoke English at the station had trouble making sense of the timetables and discovered that the service we were on was also http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-445804.html Shems After coffee and cake at a strange bakery in a passage joining two rival supermarkets we headed into the centre. Travel was frustrating due to SBahn still being out of order so everything took an age. We walked around the centre for a bit and had a fastfood risotto. It both amuses and delights me that risotto can be considered a fastfood. Italian cookbooks describe the dish in ty http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-445258.html Shems I have remembered what cities are good for getting stuff done. We did a lot of this today. Boring as it may be I have been dying for a new pair of walking shoes and jeans and we needed two new fullyfunctioning daybags. Thank you to my aunts for my generous birthday gifts some of which which I used to get these new things. We also popped into STA travel to enquire about the roundth http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-445256.html ChrisThere were no more beds in our current hostel so we had to hunt for a new one. Rather than lug all our bags with us we left them at the Hauptbahnhof and went out exploring. I have always wanted to visit Berlin so there were plenty of places we wanted to see. We managed to fit in a heck of a lot. The ReichstagBundestag Checkpoint Charlie and the remains of the wall. We then walked along th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-445249.html ShemsHelle left us to sleepin this morning. Its surprising how much Michael and Helle's has started to feel like home We still needed to work out where to go next Italy would be good but the weather looks bad and the are having lots of storms. This weather is forecast to sweep across the Adriatic making us less keen on Bosnia and Croatia too. We spent the morning with two laptops on furiousl http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-445246.html As I mentioned in another post I went on the most excellent free tour of Berlin. FREE Sure the guide plugged some of the other payforem tours the company offers but it was at a minimum. So for nearly 4 hours we walked all over the center most touristy parts of the city. I will say more as I post the pictures because right now all I can think about is the snow I'm watching fall as I sit her http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-444901.html After leaving Belgium I pushed on into Germany for the first time which I must admit I was really looking forward to. What with Oktoberfest just around the corner and the imminent arrival of the JJ's all the way from Australia ps. thatrsquos my little sister Jules and her boyfriend Jono who is also my best mate for those of you who don't know.. and yes thatrsquos a whole other story for anoth http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-444498.html This morning I was supposed to do my last long run. I was excited for it just to get it over with. Coming into Berlin I thought Irsquod have plenty of time for this. And Irsquod be well rested since I expected nice easy touring days. I was way off base. I had too much to do yet and had shot my legs with all the walking. So no chance for today. Postponed until Wednesday when I get to Vienna.In http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-444419.html This morning was the first time Irsquove had a chance to do all the tour book stuff that I found interesting. It would be a long day of it since itrsquos my only day here to do it.I started out by walking down to Alexanderplatz. There I saw the world clock a 3D cylindrical clock that shows the approximate time in each time zone around the world and the outside of the Fernsehturm TV tower. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-444378.html HelloArrive afternoon of 1011 I think and took a nap because Claire was still sick. We woke up and ate a kebap before going back to bed. Wake next morning and go on walking tour. Berlin has a fairly dark history and the whole experience was enhanced by the cold rain and wind that pounded us most of the day. We saw two movies here Ugly Truth and UP. I really liked UP. A bit sad for my ta http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-444279.html I awoke this morning and looked out the window to the left of my bed at the cloudy skies and rain pelting the window. I slowly made my way downstairs to breakfast. Shortly I was joined by Jeff who I had met the night before and Catherine an Aussie from Sydney who was leaving Berlin soon.We talked a lot about our travel plans favorite places and advice. Jeff and I agreed to meet up for a tour I http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-444151.html In college I took a German Civilization course that I didnrsquot enjoy or find particularly interesting. I had taken a similar course on France a few semesters before and loved it. The French Civ course covered a mix of history culture and current events in a fun yet very informative manner it worked since I remembered a lot of the history when touring Paris. Expecting a similar and maybe ev http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-443570.html Here I am still in Berlin disregard the entry date of this post. I intended to only stay for 3 or 4 days but have been here for over a week. Needless to say I've sort of fallen in love. Or more likely we're just in that honeymoon phase of infatuation. Either way I'm not going to question things at this point.When I first arrived in Berlin the train station was huge in comparison to thos http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-443562.html It's been awhile since I've written partly because I've been busy partly from having a friend visit and partly because I've been neglecting my health.The German language class ended last week and I was a little sad about it. I really enjoyed meeting all the exchange students in the class and having fun while learning a little bit of German probably not enough. I think I might be able to find http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-442970.html Munich Germany. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/blog-442364.html