Short blog today! Our lovely roomates leaving early meant we made the most of our sleep in, not checking out until 11am. Our journey to the train station wasn’t as smooth as we had hoped due to our tram not arriving at all – however with another random tram and some walking we arrived in plenty of time to catch our 12.30pm train.
Time for another long train ride – I actually really enjoy travelling by train. They are nice and easy to board (no customs, security, baggage collection), you get to look at interesting scenery and I am completely hooked on my book right now so boredom is not an issue. And the Czech/German scenery was indeed very pretty,
The most eventful part of our journey came when the train driver announced a delay due to an accident ahead with person on the trainline – the police were carrying out investigations? This delay was long and we eventually arrived in Berlin at 7.45pm… two and a half hours later than planned!
The transfer to our hostel was quick, even if it was made confusing by a very complicated ticket machine at the subway station. This hostel is a little quirky – our bed is the middle of the room, touching no walls, and it has giant pillows.
For dinner we wandered to a recommended place – very hearty German food here for a very small price…. Andy could not stop raving (and drinking beer). I had my first Schnitzel and apple strudel of the trip (it had to happen sometime). I also enjoyed having some normal tasting wine again after the experimental stuff in the Czech Republic!
Back in the hostel before midnight! My initial impressions of this city are very interesting. It started with the very shiny, industrially designed railway station. Very modern. And the streets around here are so unique – they are full of relatively unassuming buildings covered with graffiti and then suddenly out of nowhere you stumble upon a very trendy, swanky restaurant or bar. This area is full of them, randomly spaced around and always full of young, energetic people. I certainly see where this city has its ‘trendy, alternative’ reputation from – tomorrow we dive into the historical side of things!!
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