BeRLiN !!!

AHHH Almost Last stop. Where did the time go?

We got on our second to last interrail train. Ali met this nice 6'7 HAHA Canadian on the train. We all moved into a shared cart after a brief scuttle with some Germans. If you've ever been yelled at by germans, it isn't pleasant. It just sounds harsh and probably a little "meaner" than intended.

We asked the Canadian where he was staying because we had nothing booked yet and decided we'd stalk him and beat him to the hostel haha. We checked into this cheap artsy hostel (which I would NOT recommend) and decided to explore berlin. We walked through a graveyard, and stumbled across tacheles - which was this art type refuge place. The place was 5+ floors of sheer 

artistic madness. We saw this lady outside who was tripping out of her mind chasing a dog screaming 

"you're beautiful!!" I mention this only because we saw the same lady for the next two days with 

increasingly bizarre behaviour. 

Just Exploring - making new friends
"Whatcha thinking about?"

Outside Tacheles

We had a pretzel dinner and headed back for the hostel. We met up with Evan and a random

Aussie in the common room to hang out for a little before calling it a night. We had to get up early

because we were going on another free walking tour of the city tomorrow. 

The next day - after a TERRIBLE night sleep, we woke up early to get started and ready for our tour.

Sharing a room with 15 people at a hostel is a nightmare -I won't describe it. We woke up and headed 

for the Brandenburg Gates stopping at a DUNKIN!!!! on the way. 

Thank God. A Medium Ice Coffee - One Cream Two Sugars Just Right
Not this dumb Startbucks "Iced Americano" i've had to suffer with!!

We met "Zabi" our tour guide for 

the next two hours. This tour was unbelievable and I recommend it to anyone. My one regret is that I 

didn't get to do all of the different tours they offered.

Zabi, Gibo, Mare
In Holocaust Musuem discussing what the Artist was thinking when he designed it

Zabi was a very captivating and passionate tour guide. We started off by the gates and saw where 

MJ dangled Blanket out of his window before walking through the gates and really starting the historical 

part of the tour. We saw the Holocaust Musuem, where Hitler's bunker (/where he killed himself was -

was crazy how much it looked like the Germans where trying to cover everything up), 

Berlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie, Humboldt University, Hilter's beloved opera house among a bunch 

of other things. What was so surreal was how recent this all was. 

Brandenburg Gates

Entrance to Hitlers Bunker (Under Green Trash Can)
Where he killed himself with his wife
Looks like they are trying to cover it up...ey?

Checkpoint Charlie

Berlin Wall
Nuts

That night we went on a pub crawl recommended by Zabi offered by the same walking tour company.

I however would not recommend this pub crawl. We left it early and just headed back for the hostel

to call it a night. Berlin was definitely up there with Prague and was very different to what I thought -

in a very good and surprising way. 

Found this amazing Burger/Frie Joint on Way Back
We averaged 2 cokes a day. Sick

Last Night out with Girls :(