Blogs from Berlin, Germany, Europe - page 161

After spending most of yesterday at Berlin-Tegel airport we have sorted out what we are doing for the next month. We are still in Berlin, we had to go to the airport because Lufthansa don't have an office in the city. Originally we were to leave berlin today and spend just under 4 weeks in Scandinavia and then fly to Thailand. Now we leave Berlin in exactly 1 month from today but in the meantime we will travel around central Europe on train. After Berlin we head to Munich and Stuttgart. Then on the train we head towards Budapest, Hungary, perhaps via Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Austria. After Hungary we will head to Krakow, Poland via Slovakia. Then back to Berlin to get the plane to Denmark where will spend 5 days. Then Sweden for 5 days. ... read more

Today Ange and I hit practically all of the sights that Berlin can boast, except for the museums. We decided that museums weren't going to be quite as interesting and as we quickly found out, I had to depend on Ange for translating quite a bit of the info at the other major sights so going through entire museums would have been a bit much. However, we did exhaust our feet on this trip and the following should explain why. The tallest building that I've ever seen is Germany's massive TV tower. It is a staggering 168 metres tall and the ball at the top is 6 stories high. Painted up with the T Mobile colors it was a giant pink and white soccer ball (the 2006 World Cup is being hosted by Germany). We then ... read more

The next stop on our spring break adventure was Berlin. The great part about german cities is that they're all little monuments to how badly we beat their ass back in the day. Good news for them though, we cleared out plenty of room for 'em to build some great modern architecture. So, Berlin turned into our version of being responsible architecture students. We fulfilled this agreement to ourselves thoroughly I must say. I'm not sure I've drank less in any two other consecutive days than the ones spent in Berlin. That's not to say we didn't have a blast. To the contrary, the adreneline frenzy that the uber-dorky architecture half of my brain was blasted into had me runnin' circles. I didn't even sleep. Anyway, I'm all excited about it again just talking about it ... read more

we arrive late in berlin, courtesy of Mr Wilfried Bauchen and the Mitzfahrzentrale which is a really cool service, especially for those on a budget. Basically its a company that drivers register with and state how many spare seats they have in a car for any particular journey, those seats then get taken up by people who want to go on the same journey but dont have a car. think organised car pooling. i could have put that before, i know. it would have been quicker i guess but never mind. so, we get to berlin for 30 euros, whereas the train would have been over 90 euros. good value i think, plus you get to meet people on the way, not just the driver. for example, and i promise im not shitting you here, i ... read more

so... amsterdam was cool, but berlin was amazing in that you could not turn ur head one direction and not see modern architecture. it is the most modern architecture in one city that i have seen since i have been to europe. I love the old ruins of rome, but it was good for me to get away from that for a while and experience something of my passion~modernism!!!! enjoy the pics... read more