Our trip to Germany, August 2009

Trip to Berlin first part
On Tuesday me and Wijb decided to get the train and

hop on it and go to Berlin.
Life can be so easy and simple if you live in Europe and now I know it and it is so tangible for me. I can acknowledge why Wijbren is so impatient to move to Europe and leave Asia

Anyhow ,our trip started from Hallum the village he lives and we got a lift from his brother and he took us to Leeuwarden and then we got the train to another city on the the brother of the Northern province in Holland and switched it to another train which took us to the brother directly and the third train pass border to Germany.

Well from the time that Europe has European union system everything is so simple, The currency is the same and the same value .For instance if you want to buy something almost in West Europe cost the same.

In fact the salary and wages almost the same ,at least so people in West and center of Europe have no problem with exchanging money or spending for their holidays.

Moreover there is no need to have passport as they have just one ID card TO USE EVERYWHERE AND BANK SYSTEM ACCEPT DEBIT CARD PRETTY MUCH EASY IN ALL EU COUNTIRES.

Back to our trip when we arrived here, thanks to Wijb German knowledge we found our way not to hard to get into apartment.
We arrived to train station and it was 4 already and contact the owner of apartment which we rented for couple of days and in less than 2 hours we stumble there.
It is pretty nice apartment as I can say.

some of the spots which absorbs most visitors is:

The Berliner Dom (Berlin Cathedral), completed in 1905, is Berlin’s largest and most important Protestant church as well as the sepulchre of the Prussian Hohenzollern dynasty.

The Brandenburg Gate is one of Berlin’s most important monuments – a landmark and symbol all in one with over two hundred years of history. A former symbol of the divided city, it drew visitors who used to climb an observation platform in order to get a glimpse of the world behind the Iron Curtain, on the other side of the barren “death-strip” which separated east from west Berlin, geographically and politically.

Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial, located in Mitte on a stretch of the former “death strip”, where the Wall once stood near the Brandenburg Gate, is Berlin’s stunning monument to the Holocaust, dedicated to the Jewish victims of the Nazi genocide of World War II.



Berlin’s Siegessäule - Victory Column - is another of Berlin’s monuments that has reinvented itself through the ages - from symbol of Prussian military victory in the 19th century to that of Berlin’s thriving gay community and favourite tourist spot today.

Not that much view ,beside other ugly east German roofs ,you can see blue sky, but t is 100 meter far from underground and as soon as you get the underground in less than 3 station you reach to Alexander square which is ne of the biggest East Berlin square and around that square ,you can visit one of the oldest cathedral from 17 century ,Berlin Dom and old church on the other site and Berlin river which takes a lot of tourists boats and ferries every day along the river.



Thursday we were wondering around the square to find our way to reach to National Museum, old art Museum and I wanted to see 2 art museum old and Modern Art.
I know Wibren doest give a shit to the Art ,but I have studied art and I love it and now I am in Berlin, maybe not ne of the best cities for art compare to Italy( Roma) or London .

When we were discussing what to do, suddenly one of the local tour guide showed up and gave us the daily Berlin Tour which was so helpful and then we decide to pay 15 Euro and get the whole day city tour which was great and passed by every single of city and they described everywhere .

We dropped close to the Museums and spent couple of hours up and down in 3 floors and I could see Wijb dumb and emotionless face and tried to end up our visit as soon as possible.