Berlin, Germany!

The BOY says:

Well everyone, it’s been the end of a long journey, the longest trip we’ve done since our time here. It was a whole 9 days and we got to see 3 cities in all, Berlin, Munich and Prague. To condense our 9-day experience in 1 post will take up the whole web page so I’m gonna split it up by city…..

We spent 4 days and 3 nights in Berlin. The city was something very different from European cities that we’ve been accustomed to. Berlin is a very modern looking city with very avant-garde architectural designs all around.

The streets of Berlin

Berlin's Modern Architecture

The Berlin Tower

The first problem we encountered when we first got to Berlin was that the transport company was on strike. Yes, an actual strike. As such, the underground train, the trams and the buses were completely non operational. This bode well for the taxi drivers around town but took a toll on our feet as we had to walk and walk all day round.

Tram tracks with nothing running on it......

Our feet took us to quite some places during our 2 full days here. We visited the Reichstag building, Berlin’s parliamentary building, the famous Brandenburg Gate, the Berlin Dom (cathedral) and made our way down to Postdamer Platz, the city’s central district. Here we saw some remnants of what used to be the Berlin Wall. Goon for some inexplicable reason found it exciting to buy a piece of the wall from a local souvenir shop. Maybe it’s just my lack of background in history…….

Goon jumping outside the Reichstag

The Brandenburg Tor

Goon in front of the Berlin Dom

Postdamer Platz

Goon in front of a section of the Berlin Wall

Here, we decided to take a trip to ‘Legoland’. I know what many of you are thinking but there’s nothing wrong with wanting to relive your childhood! (although we were the only people who were NOT accompanied by an adult….) There was a lego factory demo on how lego blocks were made, many lego exhibitions, an extremely slow ride and a 4-D movie. (I shall not ruin the surprise of 4D here....)

Goon and Einstein!

Goon in a lion's jaw

Goon with Harry Potter & Hagrid.

The next day, we also visited the Kaiser-Wilhelm Memorial on our way to check-out KaDaWe, which is said to be the world’s largest shopping mall. It did turn out to be an enormous departmental store but it just didn’t feel like the largest in the world, or perhaps I was just completely uninterested in walking around.

We took the scenic route...

The Kaiser-Wilhelm Memorial.

And well, that’s it for Berlin and we were on to Munich!