TEN OBSERVATIONS ABOUT BERLIN 10. DOORS - Bloody Hell, every single door in Berlin is impossible to open without a hip and shoulder (except the automatic ones, some of which have handles... not sure why). They also take approximately 23 seconds to unlock. 9. TOILETS - you have to pay to use public toilets all over Europe, but the Germans are at least putting their tolls to good use. Sensors are just the beginning, it's the self-sterilising toilet seats that are...

INTO THE LION'S DEN Today was awesome. We went on a Third Reich walking tour and covered all the key sites relating to the Nazi Party, WWII, the Cold War & the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was really interesting especially given that we know a lot about it already. We also had a look through a WWII museum and saw some photos, newspaper articles and Nazi propaganda that we hadn't seen before. We then had lunch at a beer house, and then spent the afternoon wa...

GERMAN DELIGHTS Berlin is pretty cool. We arrived today via Dresden, and had a quick drive around some of the sights before heading to a beer hall for dinner. I cranked some Ramms+ein on the bus to fire me up on the way into the city. Du! Du hast! Tonight we had a very German meal - pork knuckle bigger than my fist and massive 1L steins of beer (bigger than my head). Neither Nell or I usually like pork, but this was awesome. It was also awesome to see beer wenc...