I woke up at 4am hearing Scott swearing next to me. Turned out, there was a little party in the next room and Scott was slightly dissatisfied with the fact that he wasn't invited. I found him the phone number, so he could call the reception and send them to represent him on the party. We fell back asleep.
Since it was Scott's first trip to Germany, we had planned hardcore sightseeing and bigger shopping for Friday. After the breakfast the plan was to start walking towards the TV tower. But what wasn't there, was the TV tower. What was there, was thick fog and a part of the tower's stem. We crossed the Alexanderplatz and made our way to the Berlin Dome, form there to Brandenburg Gate and past the Reichstag. Next there was the holocaust memorial and Checkpoint Charlie. If someone would ask me, what is the one and only thing, you have to see, if you don't have any time for anything more, without hesitation my answer would be the mentioned holocaust memorial. It is so powerful that our glass cross on the Liberty Square doesn't even make into the same list.
It was lunch o'clock and we started to look for a place to eat. The streets were lined with boring hotel or shopping center's restaurants until we reached Nikolaiquarter and they had opened the mulled wine kiosk and raclette kiosk. They told me that they only carry red wine (I asked for white) and after he placed my hot red wine on the counter, he informed me that merely a minute away there is another yard, where I could get white wine too. We took also potatoes with raclette cheese and ate there on a terrace.
Next few hours were spent on shopping, after that we took the purchases to the hotel, stopped in a grocery store on the way, got the most expensive champagne of the store (2.79 EUR per bottle), set that on ice, changed and went out to meet Flaco for dinner. We had some Asian tapas and once the food was finished and Scott asked for more tap water (they brought the water in glasses that are in suitable size to pass the security control in airports), the waiter told us that it's actually not allowed to bring even as much as he already has. One tiny glass for each customer. We left and went to have some sweets in Lisboa Bar.
Without consulting the Google Maps I had the grandiose plan to take the tram No 10 to Alexanderplatz and from there the tram No 4 to the hotel. After we had been riding the T10 for some 15 minutes, but no fog-covered TV Tower still in sight, I started to look at the map. Turned out that before reaching the Alexanderplatz we circle the whole city center. It also turned out that the next stop is just a 5 minute walk away from our hotel. Jumped out and walked to the hotel.
Since it was Scott's first trip to Germany, we had planned hardcore sightseeing and bigger shopping for Friday. After the breakfast the plan was to start walking towards the TV tower. But what wasn't there, was the TV tower. What was there, was thick fog and a part of the tower's stem. We crossed the Alexanderplatz and made our way to the Berlin Dome, form there to Brandenburg Gate and past the Reichstag. Next there was the holocaust memorial and Checkpoint Charlie. If someone would ask me, what is the one and only thing, you have to see, if you don't have any time for anything more, without hesitation my answer would be the mentioned holocaust memorial. It is so powerful that our glass cross on the Liberty Square doesn't even make into the same list.
It was lunch o'clock and we started to look for a place to eat. The streets were lined with boring hotel or shopping center's restaurants until we reached Nikolaiquarter and they had opened the mulled wine kiosk and raclette kiosk. They told me that they only carry red wine (I asked for white) and after he placed my hot red wine on the counter, he informed me that merely a minute away there is another yard, where I could get white wine too. We took also potatoes with raclette cheese and ate there on a terrace.
Next few hours were spent on shopping, after that we took the purchases to the hotel, stopped in a grocery store on the way, got the most expensive champagne of the store (2.79 EUR per bottle), set that on ice, changed and went out to meet Flaco for dinner. We had some Asian tapas and once the food was finished and Scott asked for more tap water (they brought the water in glasses that are in suitable size to pass the security control in airports), the waiter told us that it's actually not allowed to bring even as much as he already has. One tiny glass for each customer. We left and went to have some sweets in Lisboa Bar.
Without consulting the Google Maps I had the grandiose plan to take the tram No 10 to Alexanderplatz and from there the tram No 4 to the hotel. After we had been riding the T10 for some 15 minutes, but no fog-covered TV Tower still in sight, I started to look at the map. Turned out that before reaching the Alexanderplatz we circle the whole city center. It also turned out that the next stop is just a 5 minute walk away from our hotel. Jumped out and walked to the hotel.
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