Berlin

We are staying in a camping ground on the outskirts of berlin, it has reasonable facilities though your shower is timed and restricted to 3 mins. A quick wash and condition hair at this stop.

The first afternoon after arrival was a nothing afternoon.

day 2

We caught the S 25 ab line from Tegel into Berlin and after a 700 m walk in to Friedichstrass station we changed to the main station of Hauptnahnhof , our first stop the info centre for a map of the city.

After morning tea we walked to the Reichstag , Hilters previous office which today is surrounded in construction and the dome booked out so we got tickets for two days time and walked on to the Branden burg gates passing through an area that is a memorial to the gypsy’s persecuted in Ww2.

Then down the Ebertstrass past the memorial to the murdered jewish people and onto the Potsdamer platz where some original pieces of the Berlin wall are situated.

After pinsa( pizza) for lunch we crossed across Berlin to Checkpoint Charlie then nack to the Unter den Linden street back to the gates and down towards Victory column , thru Tiergarten and stoping at the memorial to the russian troops.

Tried we cut thru the memorials park to the Hauptbahnhof after buying presents and the trains home.

18,000 steps

day 2

A easy day, after getting the train to Friedrichstrass station we booked the four hour river cruise and filled in the next hour having coffee at a little french restaurant by the river with an assuming waiter.

The cruise went along the river Spree and along the canal circling Berlin city.

day 3

today was our visit to the Reichstag building and it glass dome. It provided history on the parliament system of Germany, when the east and west walls came down etc.

Then we took the train to Alexandra platz and saw the Tv tower, Rotes Rathaus , the cathedral which we refused to pay 10euro to see inside and then walked around the museums on Museum Island.