Wednesday 21 October We get up and have breakfast and I FaceTime with dad and my grandparents. It's Malcolm's 30th and I give him a little music box that plays happy birthday. Then we head to the tower to catch a tour bus. But it turns out there are a few, so we pick one that suits us. The first route we do is a little long and boring, but a few important things-like the old Berlin Wall memorial. The second route after lunch is more interesting and we see the ga...

Tuesday 20 October It's an early start. First the walk to the train station. Getting tickets and making the last mad dash to get on the train. Only one stop and we make our way up to the bus stops. Our bus is waiting and we are early. At 8 am we leave. It's not too far to the border and then we are in Germany. We have a 30min stop around lunch time and arrive in Berlin about 3:45. The day passed very quickly! It didn't feel that long! We figure out the train tic...