We were up early to catch the train to Berlin. Unfortunately we got on the wrong carriage, the 1st class carriage behind the engine. About half hour into our journey the ticket man told us we had to move through six carriages to the 1st class at the end of the train as the one we were in was not going to Berlin. Oh, the joys of train travel in Europe!!!! Anyway, we finally settled in our new carriage for the six hour journey to Berlin, crossing the Poland/Germany border about midday. The countryside looked little different on this side of the border, except for German names and the German flag now flying on some cars for the European Soccer.
We arrived in Berlin at the Hauptbahnhof (their major central rail station), which is basically a five level shopping centre that has trains going through it. Terry reserved our seats for the journey to Amsterdam on Wednesday and went to Information for a map to find our hotel. It was a long walk through the streets but we finally arrived at the Best Western, Berlin Mitte Hotel which is in the old Eastern side of the Berlin Wall, and central to most of the important sites. After the long walk (getting cab back to the station on Wednesday!!!) we had a rest and were then woken by a violent thunder storm – thought we were back home! It cleared after a while and we went for a walk to have dinner at a German restaurant, which was very nice and very filling. Fortunately, we plan to do a lot of walking tomorrow to see the Berlin sights.
We arrived in Berlin at the Hauptbahnhof (their major central rail station), which is basically a five level shopping centre that has trains going through it. Terry reserved our seats for the journey to Amsterdam on Wednesday and went to Information for a map to find our hotel. It was a long walk through the streets but we finally arrived at the Best Western, Berlin Mitte Hotel which is in the old Eastern side of the Berlin Wall, and central to most of the important sites. After the long walk (getting cab back to the station on Wednesday!!!) we had a rest and were then woken by a violent thunder storm – thought we were back home! It cleared after a while and we went for a walk to have dinner at a German restaurant, which was very nice and very filling. Fortunately, we plan to do a lot of walking tomorrow to see the Berlin sights.
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