Saturday, October 15, 2011

Germany Trip 2011 - Berlin

Posted by Rae at 5:38 AM

Berlin is the second stop for us in Germany~ Another 4 hour plus of train ride, we arrived at the capital of Germany, and also the largest city in the country.

Right when we arrived in the station and walking towards our hotel, we saw this gorgeous limo parking right outside the hotel~ oh well~ Germany!!

check into the hotel~ the accommodation price in Berlin is surprisingly low, we can get a decent hotel like this for only 60 Euros a night~

and feeling kind of sick with these spaceship style bathroom, too small, can hardly move around in there, wonder how if the people is double size of me to shower in it

drop our luggage, head out back in the station and look for food~! crave for Japanese food so much!!

lucky me! spot this small Japanese Restaurant in the station and here we go!!

tasty teriyaki chicken rice!!

sushi!

hot miso soup!

finish dinner, we're chilling at the hotel lobby, drinking some german beer and enjoying their free wifi too! what a great day!

2nd day in the morning~

its kind of interesting that we need to learn all the knowledge about taking their public transport whenever we arrived at a new place!

the all day tickets for taking the S Bahn Berlin (their overground train)

the weather in May is getting unstable, sunny in the morning, yet with the cold blowing wind..

a good shade is a must for traveling!!

we are joining a 4 hour walking tour to the Potsdam, a UNESCO World Heritage-Listed city!! we are taking a train to the destination before we start walking~!

Here we are!

along the road side, we spot this vintage car on the road!

from now on, please enjoy the beautiful picturesque view

see the white path along the way? this is where the Berlin wall used to stood.

this is where British, German and Russian politician use to have a meeting here

ice cream under the hot sun is awesome!

a giant elephant looking plant

the refrigerator of the King, this is design for keeping the food fresh and cold even in summer~

the marble hall

imagine how there gonna ship all the top fine marble here over hundreds years ago and built it up... amazing..

under the warm sun with the chilling wind blowing while listen to our tour guide for all the histories..

the russian style houses

we stop by a small town for a short lunch break, found this gorgeous little cafe~

well we are having some problem with the menu full of german words, luckily the waitress is very helpful and help us with the ordering~

SJ's coke

my orange juice~

ham sandwiches

cheese sandwiches~

finish eating, and we continue our tour~~

the view outside the cafe

the small town

which is really happening!

and the tour goes on...

the final stop of our walking tour is this place - Sanssouci Palace

the royal residences of King Henri Christophe

After one whole day under the sun, we head back straight to the hotel for some rest, until dinner time, we go back for the Japanese Restaurant again =D

miss the teriyaki chicken so much!

and ofcoz, our day ended by having some german beer..

this is great!!

3rd day morning~ head out early in the freezing morning and bought myself a breakfast~

while waiting for the tour start~

we are joining a Berlin city walking tour today

and as usual, always standing under the sun when you're cold.. it keep you warm~!

well ya~ ready to go!!

today we will be walking around in the Berlin city, visiting most of the famous attraction and building in Berlin, and ofcoz listen to the interesting history of them! they got the most complicated and darkest history background i ever know...

at their city square

we will never miss any chance to have a taste of ice cream ^^

the remaining berlin, is now an exhibition hallway of history

at the monument for all the dead jewish that the nazi killed back in those days

its all the different height of cement blocks arrange together and form this whole monument

and there is flowers all over those blocks..

we was there listen to the story of them, and feel it by ourself, there is millions of people was killed that time, and it all happen at this piece of land..

the remaining Berlin Wall that still standing..

it may look like some crapy old wall now, but it used to be at the highest security of the area and no one can surpass it!

finish our whole city tour around 2pm, we dont feel too tired yet, so decided to walk around at the city~

found this amazing chocolate store~

Look!! Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower made by chocolate!

and there is more!

giant chocolate bowl

damn cute!

chocolate titanic! you are so gonna sink!!

chocolate volcano!

and this cute giant chocolate bear~

had our late lunch in this thai restaurant along the street

you wont understand how we miss the taste of thai after so long!!

fully charged! its time for shopping~!

choosing bag for wifey~! she is eyeing on this Mulberry Alexa for long time! ( now she own one )

and i think this burberry look kinda cute too!

at the end of the day, bought something for SJ~

wondering around the shopping district till late, and head back to our hotel lobby, to end our day with some good beer again~

our last day in Berlin, wake up early again for another tour~

this is how we validated our train ticket before we can hop on the train~

here we go!

the tour today is about Nazi's , Third Reich and ofcoz Adolf Hitler!

Its so amazing that all the stories is so interesting, even for me that had no idea about it before, is so concentrate on the stories that the tour guide told us..

we've been to many places in the Berlin city area, and our guide will tell us what happen at that particular place, where is the army marching in from, which part of Berlin is totally blown up by bombs, there is still lots of bullet holes in all the building's wall that's still remain today~ we've seen Hitler's office that used to stand, and lastly, where they found Hitler's body after he committed suicide when the war is finally end... we actually stand right on where his body lies..

its more of a sad stories, but its all history and just for people to remember..

sorry that both of us is too concentrate on it and didn't take much photos

tour ended, and time for lunch!

having spaghetti in a small local store along the street~ or should i say.. in the community where Hitler die =D

walk down a station where the guide told us that we can find the red marbles... which use to be as the wall of Hitler's office.. after the war over, they removed all the precious red marble and move it into this station, all the red marbles remain till now!