♥ Germany ♥
Day 1 (29th Deb' 08)
Well getting to Germany in the first place wasnt an easy feat.. Flight was from Edinburgh airport @ 6am.. so here's what we had to do...
28th Dec 11.30pm - Train from Queenstreet station to Edinburgh train station...
29th Dec 12.45am - Bus from Edinburgh train station to airport...
Arrived at Edinburgh airport at abt 1.15am... studied, slept, waited till gates opened at 4am.. Flight left at 6am, arrived in Berlin at 9.15am.. Phew.. to think getting to Germany is only a 2 hr flight...
We managed to find our way to the hotel easily.. train system was kinda the same as Paris. checked-in, msged the brother to meet us which was the hard part... haha cos it was sooo cold, hard to msg with gloves on and too cold to take gloves off (Alistair's excuse).. but anyho managed to meet him and Amy...
View from the hotel room
Our first lunch in Berlin from the German Christmas Market nearby
Alistair looking kinda lost...
Delicatessen along the street... looked really yummy so we went in to have a look..
Walked along the main street and saw this beautifully decorated shopping mall.. Kadewee 'aka' Paragon of Berlin haha... all the posh brands u can think of under one roof...
First Chocolaterie we saw we had to go in, I mean, who can resist that!!! bought ourselves some chocolate.. Alistair and I shared 500g, he taking most of them naturally...
Another chocolaterie just a few meters from the one we were just at haha.. and we were worried we wouldn see another for ages....
Didn know what to do on the first day so decided to just head over to "The Story of Berlin" museum... tour didn start till abt 3pm so we had a cup of cocoa while Damus had his first beer of the trip, one of many.. in a really old dodgy bar haha.. we survived... (:
Trying to figure out where to go... maps are a life saver... cant go anywhere without them
Underground bunkers used during the war...
Museum upstairs
Hotel we stayed at.
Memorial church a night... see how there is the old church on the left.. well its empty now and the new church is that funny looking building on the right, just next to it..
We didn know where to go for dinner, Alistair and Amy said the place they went the night before was quite good so we decided to just head back there.. it was much further than expected, Alistair and Amy had a bus to catch as well. unfortunately cos we lost track of time they couldn join us for dinner and had to rush for their bus to Paris.. thank god they managed to get on it on time...
First dinner in Berlin wasnt a fantastic one.. everything was just so so SO salty.. I like salty food, but this was just over the top salty... and thats all we did on the first day.. think we were just too tired to do anything else from the lack of sleep and all that travelling... so it was back to the hotel for a good nights rest.....
Trying to figure out where to go... maps are a life saver... cant go anywhere without them
Underground bunkers used during the war... Museum upstairs
Hotel we stayed at.
Memorial church a night... see how there is the old church on the left.. well its empty now and the new church is that funny looking building on the right, just next to it..We didn know where to go for dinner, Alistair and Amy said the place they went the night before was quite good so we decided to just head back there.. it was much further than expected, Alistair and Amy had a bus to catch as well. unfortunately cos we lost track of time they couldn join us for dinner and had to rush for their bus to Paris.. thank god they managed to get on it on time...
First dinner in Berlin wasnt a fantastic one.. everything was just so so SO salty.. I like salty food, but this was just over the top salty... and thats all we did on the first day.. think we were just too tired to do anything else from the lack of sleep and all that travelling... so it was back to the hotel for a good nights rest..... 
