We left on Wednesday with the illusion to be able to reach the capital within 4.5 hours. As I said, an illusion - we needed 6 hours in total. I was overwhelmed by the size of Berlin, which actually becomes really apparent, when you pass by a sign already 10 km away from the motorway saying “City Centre 35 km”. As I wrote before, we stayed at Mathieu’s place in East-Berlin, where lots of, well, alternative people live. However, we learned not to judge a Berlin house by its outward appearance. I had my first Indish meal in the evening at the “Neu Delhi” - it was a great restaurant, not only because they sell Weizenbier there for 2?. — Next days we did the typical tourist’s roundtrip. WE SAW EVERYTHING ;) Most worth mentioning however is the Berliner Dom (simply a overwhelmingly incredible and beautiful building), the Reichstag (queuing for entrance to the rooftop is really worth it!), and Potsdam with Sans Souci. Amazing is, that you do not notice at all where West and East once used to be on first glance. It really requires a closer look, because all signs of the divided city have vanished by now. We also visited the house where my grandmother grew up and has lived until Berlin received heavy bombing during WW2. Finally, on the last evening, we had the best pizza in the world in the Tiergarten. Later, we took advantage of the “Long night of musea” and visited the famous Pergamon Museum and two other more for only 8?! Unbeliveable, how they managed to put a complete antique temple into a building! — Concluding, I very well can agree with the German saying “Berlin is worth a journey”! When we left on Sunday, we were glad that after all the walking around we had some feeling left in our feet. The trip was exhausting as hell, but has resulted in the strong wish to come back and have some more time to enjoy the things that make this city what it is. Although Mathieu did his best to lead us to cool nightlife locations, we were way too tired to actually enjoy Berlin’s nightlife. — When I finally get my photo-section to work, you can all have a look at a selection out of the 150 pictures I took….
So much for now - take care!