My day started relaxed, I took a shower, got changed, had breakfast and performed all the other usual morning rituals. The tour bus would leave at 8.15, but some people were late and we didn’t leave until 8.40. So finally at 8.40 the bus left college and we were off. The trip wasn’t too bad, we watched a couple of movies in the bus, some were listening to music and one fellow classmate decided to sleep on the floor. We crossed the border to Germany at about 11.30 where we had a break.
At 17.00 we arrived at the hostel. In the lobby everyone received a room key card and clean bed sheets. I shared the room with Hassan and David. The room was neat and quite modern.
Tuesday up early for breakfast, we would be visiting a 4* hotel called the Maritim. We received a tour through the hotel seeing some off the suites and bedrooms, also the restaurant, and a massive conference room, it was very impressive! We got a short lunch break and after lunch we were guided through Berlin’s oldest cinema called the Coliseum, the guide explained how the projection and the sound worked and how it used to be. Then it was time for the FAT Tire bike tour! The bus took us to the TV antenna where our guide was waiting for us and where we collected our bikes. We cycled through Berlin seeing most of the must see places in Berlin including Checkpoint Charlie, The wall, The Reichstag, the Brandenburger Tor and the Holocaust memorial.
Wednesday morning and yet another tour. It was a tour of bunkers built during WWII to protect the German against invasion. A huge system between the streets and the subway of Berlin. After the tour we got the opportunity to have some lunch in a nearby shopping centre.
At 12.30 we were picked up by the bus and taken to SachsenHausen an old concentration camp.
Thursday already and our last day in Berlin, A Hollywood tour was on the schedule so another early start. Not everyone made it after the pub crawl. The ones that did had a hang over. The Hollywood tour was good fun though. Our guide walked us through the city showing us locations where well known films where shot. I recognized Alexanderplatz from the movie the Born Supremacy, it was funny to know that a famous person had once been where I was now standing.
The Bus trip back wasn’t really comfortable for me, because I am quite tall I could place my legs comfortably and I had some kind of a allergic reaction to something in the bus. My left eye kept on crying and I had a runny nose :(.
Overall the trip was a big success! I saw a lot of new things and really enjoyed every day! The fact that we had excursions every day was a bit of a shame really because I would have wanted to walk around the city a bit more by my self, although the tours were really interesting! The best thing would be to go longer, or for me to go again.
Well the end is near!
Next week just a normal week again at school, glad to be back, but I do miss Berlin!
Thanks for reading,
;) Daniel