I destructively remember that whilst in Prague I saw that Sunday in Berlin was going to be hot. Oh no. It said 32, it got to 37, their hottest day in years apparently. But I am thankful I was still in Berlin despite walking around for 3.5 hours in the blistering heat. But it was nothing like the hottest days we get in Melbourne. This was like a hot day, not one of the hottest. Make sense? Hope so because I can't draw a diagram. All I'm saying is, if 37 is their hottest then welcome to STRAYA, where everything wants you to die. Actually one of the guys in the hostel said he'd never come to Australia because of how dangerous it is. I just laughed. He also said he misses his friends and family but has been gone for a few days, he's from Sweden. Poor guy, I'm staying to feel like that too though. Actually there was an American who was gone for 3 days and was home sick. That's impressive.
Okay so the tour! We got to the Brandenburg Gate and there was an enclosed section for the Olympic gold medallists of Germany. Whether they were there, I wouldn't know because this was a temporary type seating area and it was a bit closed off. However that's where the tour started and where my view of the gates were obstructed. It was all free and to be honest the tour guide was fantastic. For 3.5 hours you'd expect to pay a steep price but most people gave €10 at the end. But then again, 25 people and €10 each, per day. That's a pretty good profit there.
On the tour we started with the Hotel Alderbad where MJ was showing off Blanket years ago and had him hanging from the window. The most expensive room is €15,000 a night and breakfast is an extra €41.50. We saw the Brandenburg Gate, got 800 years of history there, went to the street and saw the cobble which go through the streets to show where the Berlin Wall once stood, all throughout the city. It takes up to 2 days by bike to go around the entire length. We saw the holocost memorial next to the gate and it was a lot more impressive than in pictures. I was very pleased and impressed. We walked to the Tax Office which was built during the era of Hitler's reign. However we then walked to a car park in the middle of a residential area. We didn't know what it was, but we were told that underneath us is the bunker Hilter hid and committed suicide. There were two other Aussies in the group and one from Belgium who worked in Melbourne. It was great to actually meet other people from Melbourne. It was great. We saw where Einstein taught and where 20,000 books got burnt. We saw memorials, shown where the museums are, given history of how the French were invited to Berlin and its influence on the city today. It was a fantastic tour.
Later on I went to get my ticket to Copenhagen. I saw online it was €49 but that was weeks ago. I paid €135 and for my return ticket it was €81. Oh joy. Like I said to the lady serving, if I must pay it then I have no choice and pay it. But still, holy crap! I'll have to book my tickets earlier I think. What false hope I got back in Prague.
Some people in the hostel wanted to go for dinner so we went to a nearby Thai place. It was pretty alright, nothing special. But we had a nice waiter. He got nasty at the end when we had to pay and he was just being a total wanker when he said credit only. So he grabbed one of the cards on the table and put the whole amount for 7 people's meals onto it. The poor guy was freaking out his credit card got charged for all our meals. We had to figure how to pay him back with cash. When we asked the waiter for changer he said he had none. Totally bullshit. But to be fair he wasn't German.
After dinner we were talking around the table and found out that two others were studying economics as well seems like all the economists got out.
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