Berlin

July 10, 2012

Today we woke up early and took a bus to the airport for our flight to Berlin.  Once we got to Berlin we had to take a long bus and walk a long ways, or what seemed like a long ways while carrying a 35 pound backpack and 2 other back packs.  The hostel was awesome though.  After we got there, we couldn't check in til 2 so we had lunch and a drink in the bar at the hostel.  We then checked in, unpacked, and Kevin and I walked around Berlin.  Then we came back to the hostel hung out, read our books, had dinner and then went to bed early because we were very tired.  

July 11, 2012

Today we woke up and took a free tour of Berlin.  It was 3 and a half hours long, but we saw almost everything there was to see in Berlin.  We saw the Brandenburg Gate, The Reichstag, stood over Hitler’s Bunker, the Holocaust Memorial, the Book Burning Memorial, Checkpoint Charlie, Potsdamer Platz, SS Headquarters, The Berlin Wall, TV Tower, Gendarmenmarkt, Museum Island, Pariser Platz, Luftwaffle HQ, Bebelplatz, etc. We then had to go to the main train station called Hauptbahnhof to get the rest of our train tickets for the trip.  While we were there Kevin and I stopped at a shop and he helped me pick out a new scarf and purse.  Then we came back to the hostel, relaxed and hung out with friends we made.  

July 12, 2012

Today we took an hour hour train outside of Belin to Oranienburg to see the Sachsenhausen Concentration camp.  This was not one of the main concentration camps, however it was still very sad and worthwhile to see.  Then we took the train back and after a day of travelling I was tired so we had a few drinks again at the bar downstairs in the hostel and then went to bed, as we had to catch a train in the morning.