Blogs from Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Europe - page 21

Today, we said goodbye not only to Ulf, Andrea and Lars, but also to Barbara, Laura and Joe, who will be flying to Bristol tomorrow, and starting their British tour off in Bath. But, first Döner! We got up much earlier this morning, showered, finished our last minute packing, ate Früstück (breakfast) together one last time, and headed to the bus stop for the trip to the Hauptbahnhof to catch our train. Our train didn't leave until 13:16, so we had planned to get to the station and then find a nearby Döner, because I still had not had not had any good Döner. As expected, it was quite tasty, and when we were done, our server dude offered us Turkish tea, which was very strong, but with enough Zucker, was also very tasty. Finally, it ... read more

An alarm woke us for the second day running although this one we'd set ourselves. We packed our now significantly heavier bags with all our Monty Python merch, walked to Bethnal Green Station and bought tickets to Gatwick. We had a small walk of a few blocks to transfer to the right line in London central but made it to the airport with what we thought was plenty of time to spare, only to be caught in a huge check in queue at Easy Jet. We made our flight but it was a little too close for comfort. Nik and Emil greeted us in Berlin where they were dropping the rental car off and we caught a cab into the city where we checked in to the Hollywood Media Hotel - our home for two of ... read more

There’s nothing like a day where American culture and German culture blend together. Once a week about 15 German’s and 1 American get together and play basketball. I look forward to this one day because it reminds me of home. The Germans’ play a little bit different, similar to the Spurs. The like to slow the ball down and play a half court game. I on the other hand, like to play a game a little bit more fast pace and full court. It was something they weren’t use to and it was coming from a women on the court. That part was the best. So far I’m undefeated on the court and to come up with different strategies to beat my team. It’s not going to work. During the basketball game traditions are slightly different. ... read more

Berlin was such a fun city, today my goal was to cover 2000 years of German history at the German History Museum and I did. It was simply fascinating all the artifacts they had there. So far, this had been my favourite museum, really big as well. There was even a wall of Pickelhauben! Germany verse Algeria was intense, no scores till over 90 minutes into the game, it was rediculous when the Germans scored that first goal even with the on and off rain. I was surprised with all the police at the event that this man, who dressed up like Hitler (picture attached) ran around with guys and a camera arresting fans for not wearing German jersies. It was funny, they took the fan of the match, who had to compete for the role ... read more

Today I had more time to breath and see the city. I spent most of my day in the large city park, this city has such history its amazing, I got a closer look at the Soviet Memorial to fallen soldiers, it was interesting to see, they had two tanks and two cannons! Sadly, reservations are needed to go in the Reichstag, but I got some made for tomorrow luckily! I figured I would check out the "underground" of Berlin too, it takes you into bunkers and air raid shelters from WW2. I can say too, the scariest thing that I have done on this trip is to go up the Siegeseele, it is rediculously high. What is odd, is the effect the war had on Germany today, therer are still bullet holes littering monuments and ... read more