28 June
7am - Get in train at Leiden Centraal
7:30am - Arrived at Schiphol train station
9am - With a slight delay, we take off for Berlin
10:30am - Landed in Berlin Schonefeld
11:30am - On train to downtown Berlin, took forever, really bad signs
12:30pm - Arrived at Alexanderplatz, walked to hostel
no check-in till 2pm so put stuff in locker
1pm - District mot + walked around the area
1:45pm - At deutsche historische museum, history from 500AD-now, exhibit about the Weimar republic
Walk back, saw tv tower, stopped at dm for supplies (learned about the pharmacy in Budapest)
3:45pm - Went to hostel room, unpacked for a bit
5pm - Walked to Alexanderplatz to Saturn/mediamarkt to look for a fan for heat, only ones left were >€30
6pm - Took metro to U Kotbusser Tor in Kreusberg district
6:30pm - Reservation at Lode and Stijn, start trip in style with prix fixe menu
9:30pm - Metro back to hostel
10pm - Chat with ppl in hostel
12am - Went to sleep before touristy day
29 June
4am - Girls coming in from late night
7am - Others are packing to leave
10am - Dutch roommate wants to come with, left for restaurant
10:50am - Little late because lots of construction, got a spot outside at steel vintage bikes cafe
12pm - At Pariser Platz at Brandenburg gate, Sandeman free walking tour. Saw holocaust memorial, site of Hitler’s bunker/car park, wall, checkpoint Charlie, square, Bebelplatz
2:15pm - Met Dutch guy on tour
2:45pm - Ended tour, asked for wine recs
3:15pm - Expensive wine shop, kept walking
3:30 - 5:30pm - Mozzarella bar, drink wine and eat snacks in the sun, enjoying the summer.
8pm - Hang out at hostel of the Dutch guy and make friends with some British students + an Australian guy, who comes along with us
9:30pm - Get a very German (?) pizza for dinner
11pm – Go to fancy wine bar
30 June
12:40am - Take taxi to Oberbaum bridge where there are a lot of clubs
1am - Dutch guy tries going in Watergate alone as a “tactic”, is not allowed in
1:10am - in Musik & frieden (not techno), paid €15 entry, disagree about vibe but we leave
2:30am - in line at Trésor, n2 techno club in Berlin. We make it inside and it’s in a basement with lots of winding corridors and smoky rooms playing techno music with a repetitive beat, not really my scene
3:30am – Leaving the Dutch guy to enjoy the techno, the rest of us went back to the area around the hostel. W get wine and sat on a terrace as it was starting to get bright outside
4:30am - I was that person getting back at 4 in the morning
8:45am - Groggy wakeup
10am - Brunch with Dutch roommate at Factory Girl, delicious
11am - Took train alone to airport bus station
11:30am - Sfter wondering around, found bus station way behind. Turns out google maps can be really wrong
12pm - Arrive at Tegel airport, have a currywurst
12:12pm - Stress about baggage, no person there so I go in
1:30pm - Flight delayed
2pm- Try to board plane, have to wait till end (tried to re-check in but you can’t <2hrs before boarding)
2:40pm - Finally leave
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