Day 4 : Berlin

Made it to our hostel, after some confusion about the U bahn and S bahn. Don't worry, I figured out that S is for Subway and U is for Underground, that helped quite a lot in the journey. No more looking for the U bahn up the stairs. While I appreciate that goggle maps does it's best to help out with the transportation within cities, it would really help if they had a way to get the official maps they use. Massively helpful.

I liked the hostel from the minute I saw it, not only is it EXTREMELY close to the subway stop (about a 2 minute walk) it is also bring orange on the outside! The wall paper inside signifying the floor levels mirrors the intense 70's feel that they have going on with the orange building front outside. Inside is great though!

The Hostel is actually REALLY nice. If you're looking for a low key place to stay with a friendly atmosphere definitely check out EastSeven Berlin Hostel. The rooms are large and very clean. There are even some storage cubes on the wall which are currently housing my clothes and some shared food items. It feels nice to be a little more settled in a place.

Since it was only the first day here we decided to just do a bit of wandering around, as it was already past 4 (due to my slight difficulty with the transport systems). After struggling with the trains I decided that somewhere closer to the hostel was probably best for dinner. We ended up just a couple doors down at the Lemon Grass Scent.

I had some delicious spring rolls. I've never had them this way before, but I figured if I was willing to try Thai food from a restaurant in Germany, I should be willing to try a deep fried spring roll.

After that the fried goodness continued with fried rice with some chicken and veggies, super cheap too! Only about 6€ for the whole meal! Great eh?

The after dinner walk started out as just a nice little stroll around the area the hostel is in, but shortly after walking I looked at a map and realized that the Berlin Wall was really close to where I was staying. So we turned up a street and followed it to where we knew the wall was.

Even now, after seeing the wall, I can't imagine what it was like to have it there. I'm not really sure that I'll ever be able to understand the feeling of being caged in your own home, guess that is a round-about way of saying "I'm glad to be Canadian". Good thing Canada Day is coming up soon, I'll definitely have something extra to be proud about tomorrow.

Realizing it was starting to get dark we decided to head back home for the night to try and get to bed early. Yeah right. I think it's harder when your family is in a time zone that is behind where you are, rather than ahead, because it means they can stay up chatting and you're the one that feels the brunt of it in the morning… which in my case came before I even made it to bed.

Word learned today:

Diensdag : Tuesday

Hauptbahnhof : Main Station

Sträte : Late