(June 19, 2006 to June 22, 2006) June 19 Berlin's many stations helped out big as we arrived into the city. A nice late afternoon, not too hot, just right, made the walk to the hostel great. We stayed in the A & O Hostel Mitte. The hostel had a vintage sign in the courtyard--"You are leaving the American Sector". We settled in. Asked where we could wash our clothes and were told that there was a laundromat a few minutes away. The walk was great. This area still had old factories, and from what I saw, most of the immigrant population lives in this area of town. Twenty minutes later, the place was closed, and washed the essentials by hand in our room. An eight person room, with only three people in it, we used
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