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Hello Berlin!!
The train journey from Amsterdam to Berlin was a little boring as the country is so flat, and the fact we were traveling at around 230 km/h! The train station at berlin is about the size of Melbourne airport and has more shops !
We jumped on the bus and went straight to the hostel. The hostel was the best looking hostel I have ever seen. First things first we went to check out the bar. We met another couple traveling and proceeded to swap stories over a few beers.
The next day we wnt on a walking tour of Berlin we the best guide in the business. He was actually alive during the war & worked in Berlin for British Intelligence. We saw all the sights of Berlin and learnt a lot about the history of the place from before the war up until present day. What was meant to be a 7 hour tour turned into a 10 hour history lesson! At the end of the tour we stuck around with the guide and went to his favorite East Berlin local pub for some sausage, dirt cheap beer & darts. 4 others also tagged along and we all stuck together for the night, tramping around Berlin on our own "pub crawl" . A good night was had and ended up back at the hostel in the wee hours if the morning. The next day we were meant to head off on another tour to a concentration camp, but somehow both Tania and I slept through our alarms. Probably a sign of how exhausted we were (and possibly a few too many the night b4) we took the time to catch up on some sleep and had relaxing day around the town.
Berlin has an amazing vibe and being able to still witness devastation that was done by WW2 and the Nazis has a very eerie feel. We even stood where Hitlers home was, where he committed suicide & much more! The town though has recovered amazingly and to think that most of the place was in ruins only 17 years ago is fascinating.
Wish we had more time here in Germany to see more, but it is now time for us to head to Prague via train.
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