On my last day in Berlin I took the train to Oranienburg and went to Sachsenhausen Concentration camp and Memorial. I spent about 4 hours there. I don't think I can possibly go into what it was like in enough detail to revisit that kind of feeling, it was overwhelming and yet it was like it wasn't real, it could be real, cos how could such horrible things be really true, I mean its different to reading about it and talking about it, this is about as close as it...

On Sophie, Liv and Jess' last day together, they took the train out to Frankfurt Oder: a good hour away, nice ride up throught the beautiful landscape, for some reason it reminded me of north queensland and Atherton.We went to visit Liv's family friend if you will, Leslie, (Australian, old friend of livs mum felicity) and her german husband Wolfgang, and her mum Shirley, who was so cute and on the most on the ball 90 year old Iv met in a while, so funny. It was a...

This is Berlin! The Wall, Reichstag, bikes, babes, clubs, craving for kebab, coffee surrounding, pretty rosy cheeked people, "Danker Schon!" the ultimate curry wurst, checkpoint Charlie, train fun ( just one minor drama), Humboldt uni, books in german, old postcards, "bitte", hackescher markt, alexander platz, oranienburger tor, Sophie club, flat ground, food markets, jewish museum, sausage, potatoes, felafel, Berlin Dom, Museum Island, Bra...

Cannot BELIEVE what just happened. so liv and jess left today, it was a sad goodbye and I was feeling a little blue., After doing shiiiite-loads of practical stuff, washing, showering, hair washing, leg shaving, coffee drinking and emailing, I decided to venture out into berlin on my lonesome, I mean may as well get used to it as I will be a solo traveller for the next 2 weeks. So like, first of all, nobody I have encountered (i admit i have been here fo...