Being a tourist in your own country is strange. I'm German originally, and still speak the language, but haven't lived there since I was 6. Suddenly finding myself surrounded by a city where everyone speaks German was a bizarre feeling. Anyway, I digress. We arrived to a sun filled Berlin, put on our walking shoes and walked and walked and walked. Personally, I prefer walking around cities to catching public transport everywhere as it gives you a much better impression of a place (as well as a lovely bit of exercise!), and I ended up doing a lot of walking during my 5 nights in Berlin. Thank you for playing along weather.
On my suggestion we did quite a few of the big landmarks on our first day, such as the Brandburger Tor, the Reichstag, Alexander Platz, Tiergarten, Museums Insel, you name it and we saw it that day.
I highly recommend these enormous juice boxes you can find in every shop in Berlin. I've never seen a juice box with a 500ml capacity, and there were just ace. Tasty and cheap too. Good way to start the day!
Posing at the Alexander Platz. Shortly after this I had an incredibly wet bottom from sitting on the side of the fountain. Oh well, all in the name of a good blog entry.
The Tiergarten is a massive park in the centre of Berlin and you can spend hours walking through it. We walked up the Strasse des 17 Juni, towards the Grosser Stern, which itself was over a 1.5km walk. Well worth it though (as long as it isn't raining). On the way back towards Berlin Mitte, we meandered through the park itself. It was just a shame we didn't have any food or drinks for a picnic with us as it would have been a perfect setting. So there's a tip - if it's nice weather bring something with you to consume in the vast Tiergarten!
After a lot of walking we both had quite sore feet, and stopped off at the first cafe we came across. Luckily for Chewy they had the mother of all brownies there, and I indulged in an ice cream. Bandy Brooks is the place, and it can be found right next to the Museums Insel. The last photo is Chewy being very happy with himself after demolishing the brownie, with cream!
These last 3 pictures were taken at the Gendarmenmarkt in central Berlin, which is home to the Konzerthaus. The lady playing the violin in the centre of the Gendarmenmarkt was incredibly talented, and added the loveliest touch to the whole place.
At the end of the day we counted, and worked out that we'd walked roughly 10km that day. A well deserved dinner followed! (But more on that in a later post because the restaurant was so great that it deserves it').
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