Well, The history of Berlin is complex. It’s multi-layered and obviously has very dark patches, but despite not being a history teller, I enjoyed learning what the city had been through. As I explored on foot,Yes on foot, i walked 30k in the past 3 days..dont laugh ! Getting around in Berlin is easy peasy and cheap, you can get a day card will be including, S,U and tram..for about Eur 7,5... but i wanna try to walk , and yes on my last day, i took the train to get back to my acco from Charlottebrug.
Let start at Schiphol, woke up at 5 AM, and drove trough the Monday morning rush from my hometown to Schiphol, without the morning jam, it would take me an hour and half, but with this urban commute folks, took me 2,5 hours...thats why i hate to go to Schiphol by car, left my car at long parking and walked to the gate took me another 1,5... i am tired already.
And Yes, i am no longer travelling with my bagpack, but with cute tiny cabin case, and yes i am flying lowcost, whats wrong with that ? mmmm, people who know how snob Ephie is, will have a day field laughing....sokay, i decided to be a bit decadent and get myself a campary spritz....WHAAT ? dont judge, campary made from grape, and grape is fruit, so technically i got a fruit as breakfast...
I got a cute little hotel at the East Berlin, really trendy and hipsterish ( is this even a word?), a tiny guesthouse in the old ( really old) eastblock style building ( with modern plumbing and stuff) ....Waiiittt... don't laugh, Ephie stays at guesthouse? yes, they took my snobishtics during the surgery, i am a new person now.. i Do actually enjoy simple thing, but most people though i kind of high maintenance..... Got a quick dinner at an Indian restaurant next door and passed out, i was freaking tired and its only 6 pm.
Woke up in the morning as fesh as a daisy, and decided to take a decadent brunch with proseco, to start my walking tours trough my beautiful Berlin.
I've been to Berlin tons of time, never even visited this place, the Wall, now i realize why i never visited this place, it broke my heart, i was crying, the thought to have your loved ones at the other side of the wall, really made me sad, what left over from the ones was a church, i prayed for all those beautiful souls, hope they are all rest in peace ...
It started to rain bad, so i decided to stop and get myself an ice cold Berliner Kindl, because the girl has to tried the beverages too right ?....... so i burnt the calories i just consumed with walking to Branderburger Tor , since i am too lazy to explain what this tor is , i advised to read the wiki ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_Gate )and i even be bothered to take a picture of myself :) infront of this iconic gate.
Across the gate i wander trough the beautiful tiergarten en have a sneak to memorial to roman victim of Holocaust... it was sad, no wonder its rained really had, on this beuatiful place you can read all the name of the victims on the stones... i quickly went out of this place and run to platz der republik, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platz_der_Republik_(Berlin) ... a big building made me feel so small.... well, i decided to get something colourfull and cheerfull to take home...
About 10 minutes walked away i bumped to another sad place, the holocaust monument, its a central place of rememberance , the memorial to the imurdered Jews of Europe... decided to quickly go away and walked to one of the famous place in Berlin, Checkout Charlie..
I wonder what was happening to the guy his picture put on this place, i googled his name and couldnt find any, would he be still alive ? i wish he could tell me more about what was happening here a lifetime ago...why everything aibout Berlin today made me sad ? i coulndt agree more with a quote said, Made love not war, i see now whats war bring, what hates caused to our life.. today made me thinking, what if we all decided to stop hating each other ? would it be no more war ? I am so fortunate to live in the most tolerance country on planet earth, we accept people like it is, no judgement... What if , ?
I decided to go home as my head banging and i need my medication, and rest, maybe this whole thing too much for me, i might call it a day and go to sleep..
Beautiful Wednesday morning, so crispy cold but really lovely, feel like autumn already, i walked to the mast and up to the Jewish Quarter and ended up at the most amazing Slot Chalotteburg, so beautiful, i walked like 17k and dead tired at the end, i decided to cheat and took the train back to the site of hotel ( 8k) .
After my power nap, i walked ou to get my last dinner, i bumped to intersting place to get your dinner, an imbiss ( snackbar) under the bridge and the public loos for men and ladies.... we do have public loo for men in the lowland, but not for the ladies, how would the ladies doing the bussiness?
Sept 19th, time to go home, and today is the most saddest day in my life, i have made the biggest mistake in my life , because of my stupid doing i lost 2 beautiful souls to heaven and i lost a dear friend, today i dont want to do anything but catching up my flight back to lowland and get my shit done. Despite the tears and sadness, i have had a lovely time in Berlin.
Auf Wiedersehen Berlin !!! danke schön.. tschüs
Berlin, 16th to 19th Sept,
Next trip, Budapest
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