FUN-travel: Berlin, Germany – Full Day
July 26, 2014 by Susan Clarke
Day 19 – Saturday, July 19 – Berlin, Germany – full day – blue skies – 80’s
What I LIKE
- 7:30 – wake up to Via coffee
- Slept good – (back only slightly stiff)
- Go down to lobby for better internet
- (doesn’t work there either)
- Front desk calls Ibahn to fix
- 9:00 – internet works
- 9:45 – walk to Check Point Charlie
- 10:10 – get on city tour bus
- 11:00 – stop @ Brandenburg Gate
- – French & German festival being set up
- – Reichstag – parliament building nearby
- – Tiergarten – huge park = 2.2 sq kms
- 11:30 – Starbucks break – baguette sandwich & iced lattes = $13 Euro
- Kaiser-Wilheim bldg –bombed & never rebuilt
- Quays & canals connect Oder & Spree Rivers
- 2:00 – back to Check Point Charlie
- Section of Berlin Wall is there
- Ready for lunch – only Italian near by
- Walk back up to Gendarmen-mkt for lunch
- Find wine shop – Planet Wein – get 2 nice bottles of South African for ship – Ernie Els blend Big Easy & Cathedral Cellar Pinotage = $34 Euro
- 2:30 – lunch
Check Point Charlie
FUN-food – Augustiner: Brau München – veal sausages on mashed potatoes w/grilled onions & sauerkraut – 2 beers = $17 Euro
- 3:30 – back for room R & R
- 6:00 – happy hour in room – beer from Poland & duty free whiskey
- 7:30 – eat@ hotel Mediterranean sidewalk café
- –caprese & chicken Caesar salads w/side mushrooms & spinach – French Cab = $60 Euro
- 11:00 – ready for bed
Brandenburg Gate
What I DON’T LIKE
- Internet not working 100%
- Hotel cappuccino – machine & not hot = $4
- 9:20 – internet goes out again
- Too many cranes in Berlin! Spoils view
- Festival ruins view of Brandenburg gate
- 3 calls from Ibahn can’t fix internet
FUN-fact – Berlin symbolizes the link between the Old Germany and the New Germany.
Not so FF – 77% of Berlin was destroyed in WW2.
Reichstag