Blogs from Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe - page 141

A lie in and a big breakfast was required to get moving to central Berlin from our airport hotel. We kicked off in West Berlin by checking out the Olympic Stadium, built by Hitler for the 1936 Olympics and where the 2006 World Cup Final will be played. It is a fantastic stadium. Then we headed to Fernsehturn (also known as the TV tower) – a massive 200 metre tower where we caught a lift up and got full views of the city. We then walked past the massive Berliner Dom, AlteNational Galerie, Altes museum, the imposing Reichstag and down to Brandenburg Tor, the gate that once separated the East from West. Hard to believe these days what it would have been like to live in the divided city. We then went to Checkpoint Charlie before ... read more

This three day trip was probably the most interesting history and cultural lesson I have ever had in my life. Steve (another RMIT intern at Airbus) and me were taken on a road trip to Berlin by our mate Christian who basically explained to us all the political history relevant to Berlin in the car on the way there. So with all this information still fresh in my mind I went and explored the city and all the significant sites over 2 big days which were filled with caffeine so that I could fit everything in… I had a great list (thanx to my lonely travel guide) and I was determined to get through it, even if it meant sleeping only 3hrs and exploring by myself because the others decided to catch up on sleep. So ... read more

sooo.. today was sooo rad we woke up around 11.. last night we both had a reverse nap meanign we woke up around 3-4 and just talked fell back asleep and then woke up later.. then we got ready.. ate..... and stuff then we with uncle randy and ulrike to some crazy intense street full of fashion and art and music and hung out there! we got a crepe with nutella which was soo mmmmm good then we went to lafayete! which is sooo insane... i dont feel like explaining it.. it is just a store with everything you can imagine.. literally and then we went to see the "legislative like" building of berlin which was soo beutiful checked out a couple old ridiuclously huge chapels.. ate lunch and some cute cafe downtown.. and then headed ... read more

Berlin... is soo rad.. instead it should be called really old beautiful place where if you dont speak german or arab you have a huge language barrier that makes you laugh every 3 seconds and angry everyone inbetween. Yesterday was our first day.... and we conquered our stupid jetlag by staying up on the plane, talking alot and forcing the evil tired eye syndrome away. anyway... yesterday we did alot of laughing at people.. getting free drinks and chocolate... finding our way through huge airports and trying to keep ourselves entertained. We took the U-baun and some some sketchy people then came to uncle randy's place. which is sooo beautiful!!! it is very old.. and big and decorated like egyptianish... i love it... you would to.. whoever you are. today kat and i woke up at ... read more

Ok...so Berlin is amazing. Everything about it is unique, and it is totally different from everywhere else we've been. It feels like a european city, but the visual history is limited since so much of the city has been destroyed so many times. The people are probably the friendliest we've encountered yet, which was very unexpected, but obviously very welcome. It's really not a city I could ever really see myself settling in though, because the history really does give it a permanently very eery feeling. Our first day in town we took a free (!!!) city walking tour which was amayzing. It was basically an extremely condensed 3.5 hour history lesson. I won't go into details cause seriously it would take me forever, but the highlights (probably all spelled wrong cause I don't have any ... read more