The city of Berlin was the last point on our way home. AND He appeared in our route purely by chance. When buying tickets from Paris to Moscow, reservation system offered a composite flight through Berlin with a transfer time of 3 hours. And we are not thinking twice decided not to stay there for 3 hours, but immediately for a day, and fly away The next day. The price of the ticket at the same time remained.
Naturally, all impressions from Germany were associated with the city. Munich, since it was the only place that we saw in this country. And then there is also the capital of Germany, there should be everything as minimum as well. And somehow the fact that Berlin was half a century ago completely destroyed, and after that it was still in the GDR for about 30 years— No, well, of course, we knew about Berlin Wall, and remembered about the war, but somehow in my head the facts together are not matched.
On the impressions of the Berlin Wall, and on the awareness of your participation in this event, I will not write now. About it Daria wrote, it influenced her much more. She still watching movies about war and life in East Berlin in the post-war years, and reads articles and books on these topics. That’s how it is necessary take a trip to get interested.
The content of the article
- 1 Where to stay in Berlin
- 2 Walk through Berlin
- 3 Berlin Attractions
Where to stay in Berlin
Hotels in Berlin is better to book in advance, so I would recommend here you are:
- St Christophers Inn Berlin
- Generator berlin mitte
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- Generator berlin mitte
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Walk through berlin
I will tell you a little about our walk in Berlin, in his east end. It is in East Berlin that we do not specifically were going to, just like that happened-the airport Schönefeld, where we arrived, it is located in the east of the capital, and we went out on halfway to some train station, walked to the center cities. In fact, even at the airport, it was felt that here Russian spirit smells. Some names were in Russian, for example in the trash.
It was strange to us that Berlin does not resemble the capital at all Germany. Well, not so it should be. Some graffiti are worth. Everywhere and everywhere, on the fences and on the walls of buildings, both on the outskirts, so and in the city center.
Berlin graffiti.
Graffiti on houses in berlin
Graffiti on houses in berlin
Berlin City Streets
Normal courtyard in Berlin
Sometimes it seemed that we were in a provincial Russian city – on the streets are not very clean and some houses in Berlin are just like in our country. Perhaps they were designed by the same people?
Soviet houses in Berlin
Soviet houses in Berlin
Soviet houses in Berlin
At the same time, it is clear that this is not Russia – bicycle lanes are present, as it should be. And periodically slip old German buildings. Of course, the closer to the city center and, the closer to Berlin wall, the architecture changes more.
Bicycle paths in Berlin
Bicycles everywhere
Interesting building in East Berlin
East Berlin
The modern city center of Berlin
Reminds New Arbat in Moscow
Walk through Berlin
Walk through Berlin
Metro bridge in Berlin
Walk through Berlin
Photo East Berlin
Photo East Berlin
Night city Berlin
Berlin City Streets
Berlin Attractions
What is worth seeing in Berlin? If you are interested in stories, first of all it makes sense to take a walk through the eastern Berlin, and also look at the standard sights. Suddenly, you will?
Reichstag (Reichstagsgeb? Ude – the building of the imperial assembly)
Not far from the Reichstag building
Separately, I would like to mention the monument to the Jews in Berlin – a colossal structure in which many feel dizzy and the floor leaves from under the feet. Probably, the author tried to convey, even small a fraction of what the Jews experienced during the Holocaust.
Monument to the Jews in Berlin
Monument to the Jews in Berlin
Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
Mini-stacking at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
After our walk through Berlin, in the evening on the way back, we met a Russian-speaking guy from Latvia Gustav, who now lives in Germany, and who also had to airport. He helped us and translated the announcement of the cancellation of trains and explanation of how to get around these changes. Here it is ignorance of the language, a little more, and we would be late for the last the train to Schönefeld Airport.
We had all night ahead of the flight, and we told each other about Russia and Latvia, and Gustav sincerely was surprised that us still things like that happen like corruption like traffic jams on roads and so on. Having slept a few hours on the benches at the airport, we happy flew home. And 5 days after Europe, we waited winter in thailand.
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