Can't believe its 2 years a go today! I can't quite remember what we ended up doing on each day but I thought I would just do a generalised post about our adventure out there and share some of our photos. I have to say that this was the first time me and Joel have been on holiday together and we had the most amazing and I would love to go back but maybe in the Summer time.
We travelled from London Gatwick to Berlin in Germany on Saturday the 8th November and due to the Thomas Cook flights we ended up getting a super early flight and arrived in Berlin early morning.
Now me being Miss Organised I had everything planned on where we needed to go and what trains we needed to get which would have been straight forward if the websites prior to going had been updated. Our journey to our hotel was going so well until we reached halfway through and had no clue where we were going because the train we originally wanted wasn't running so we had to speak to the lovely lady on the help desk who gave us instructions of how to get there via bus which all I am going to say was a nightmare on a busy Saturday at this point afternoon.
So after arriving in Berlin around 10am finally by 2pm we were checked in to our Hotel and by that time we had already decided on a taxi back to the airport as we weren't doing that again! As by this point we hadn't eaten anything all day apart from sweets as we skipped breakfast because of an early flight we decided to head to Dunkin Doughnuts as there was one right by our hotel before going back for a long nap.
Hotel: Ku' Damm 101
After finally making our way to the hotel we were so glad to check in and get to our room. The staff on reception were so lovely and helpful they even recommend places for us to dine at on our first evening. The hotel was located just of a side road along one of the main streets that connected everything in Berlin which was great as we were right next to a small supermarket, lots of quirky shops which were right up my street and lots of love restaurants that we did dine in.
The room we stayed in was perfect it was big and spacious. It had a desk with a chair, an awesome retro style square TV and then a double bed well two singles that were pushed together. When we first saw the beds they were a little odd but actually very comfy.
We didn't try the breakfast as we decided it would be cheaper to grab food out and to try some of the pastries that were on offer and I am so glad we did because they were lovely. They did try to charge us for breakfast at the hotel when we were checking out but I advised them that we had never set foot in the breakfast room and didn't even know where it was haha.
If I was coming back to Berlin or knew anyone that was then I would definitely recommend staying here due to the good location, friendly staff and the hotel quality its self.
Sightseeing:
What I love about writing this post is that I get to relive my trip to Berlin and remember all the things we did and beautiful places that we saw it is truly a beautiful place.
Brandenburg Gate
When we arrived in Berlin this was one of the first places
we took a wonder towards although I didn’t get to see it properly as there was
some sort of musical festival going on and we couldn’t understand any of it
with it being in German but the music was pretty good. We stopped here for some
food where we actually ended up with 3 currywurst rather than 2 but that wasn’t
an issue haha as it was so good we ended up eating it all.
Reichstag Building
This building is so beautiful to look at with its mix of old
and modern with the 360-degree viewing dome on the top. This building is
actually the parliament buildings in Berlin and to gain access to the dome on
the top you have pre-book in advance and it free but the security and checks in
place are very tight. The view from the top is amazing and just the general
structure of the place.
Berlin Wall
During our visit to Berlin we were lucky to catch the end of
the 25th Anniversary where they marked out the original placement of
the wall with poles with balloons on the end which they lit up when it got to
the evening. We didn’t walk the whole wall but we did walk most of it to the
point where we ended up stopping and get the underground back to the hotel as
our feet were so sore we needed a break. Shame I didn’t get to visit the gift
shop as it would have been nice to get a memento of this occasion. I did enjoy
doing the walk as it took us to areas that we wouldn’t have usually seen.
Potsdamer Platz & Alexander Platz
Now these two areas of Berlin we found our self stumbling
across a lot of the time when we were in Berlin as in both of these places
there were lots of things to see and do as well as places to eat and shop.
We took a look around the Sony Centre which at the time was
holding a movie premiere but we didn’t have a clue what it was for shame it
wasn’t for something like Hunger Games would have been amazing to hang around
then. We decided in the end not to do TV Tower as a lot of the days were very
overcast and the sights wouldn’t have been that great. TV Tower is this massive
circular building which rotes a full 360 degrees and gives you some of the best
views of Berlin during the day and evening.
Victory Column
After a lovely morning at the Zoo we decided to take a
stroll through the parks until we came across the Victory Column which was
right in the middle of the roundabout and we decided to take a look as you
could see people were up the top. To get to the top you did have to pay as
there is a museum beforehand which we did take a look around and I found it
very interesting. At the top the views were beautiful and the
tower its self as well.
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