Berlin: "I touched the bus...!"

Lauren, Lisa, and I decided to spontaneously go to Berlin two weekends ago. The city was absolutely spectacular, my new favorite place! I loved the street art and culture of Berlin. We arrived Friday evening and decided to try traditional German food, which was not delicious like Hungarian food. I was rather disappointed. Our hostel was nice, I'd definitely recommend the Wombat City Hostel line. We were in a four person room with our own bathroom. On the first night it was just the three of us, but the second night we were joined by Bruno from Brazil. Saturday morning we went on the free walking tour and saw a lot from Berlin's history including the Brandenburg Gate, the Berlin Wall, the hotel where Michael Jackson dangled his baby, the Holocaust Memorial, Checkpoint Charlie, and Museum Island.

I could keep adding more of my favorite pictures, but I'll stop there. Make sure to check out my picasa album for more! After that we went to a small flea market where I bought some cool art.

Interesting fact, in Berlin the pedestrian lights have this cute little guy called the ample man, he looks like this...

That night we decided to do something a little different... By chance we stumbled into the Babylon Theater, a movie theater built in the 1920s that still has its original silent film screen. We learned that they were showing a silent film, Metropolis, with a live orchestra and decided to go. It was a really cool experience, although a bit hard to follow since all the words were in German!

After that we went to White Trash Fast Food, a super amazing indie club that I wish I could go to whenever I want! It was made even better by having an American restaurant upstairs!

Sunday morning we originally planned to go to Potsdam, but since it was raining we stayed in Berlin. We started the day at a huge art flea market that had some really great stuff. At the end was a hill with a graffiti wall and swings.

Then we went to see the East Side Gallery which was probably my favorite thing in Berlin. It's all paintings done directly onto what's left of the Berlin Wall.

So that's the abbreviated version of Berlin. I highly recommend going there some day, it's wonderful. 

Before spring break my goal is to write a post about Terezin, Kutná Hora, and Mallory's visit to Prague! I leave for London, Athens, Cyprus, and Borgia on Thursday so look for another post before then!