19th July - Berlin

I woke up to Louise shaking me. I was pretty sleepy and could hear voices shouting “HALLO! VEE ARE EEN BERLEEN!” Some crazy Germans (again.... attracting the crazies...) were drinking whisked and lager all morning. They now thought it was a good idea to wake us up, telling us we were in Berlin... then telling us they were joking. At 5-6 in the morning... not happy bunnies.

When we actually did get to Berlin, we went straight to the East-Seven hostel which told us over the phone that they had a room for us for one night. At €21 a night plus €3 for linen we thought it was a bit pricey, especially as they didn’t serve breakfast! We were checking in quite early so our rooms weren’t ready. The guy at reception gave us a free coffee and let us sit in the lounge which was really comfy. We sat in the garden which was really pretty too. The hostel had a kitchen, so we figured we’d save money and make our own food.

First we went to a fleemarket which was near the hostel. It wa

sn’t overly impressive so we went to another, bigger fleemarket a bit further away. On our way there we accidently stumbled upon a really pretty part of the town that me and Alex had visited last time we were in Berlin. There’s a park with some swings and loads of cool street art, very picturesque! We decided to come back to watch the sunset as we had done last time we were there.

We walked to the fleemarket which wasn’t far. There was so much cool stuff on sale: art, jewellery, food, clothes, antiques... pretty much everything. Me, Lu and Alex bought similar bracelets to mark our trip. I also bought a handmade ring (* which I ended up losing in Germany)

On our way back to the hostel we bought some sauce and a pepper to eat with pasta. We made the sauce. It was shit. Too much free spice and cream (to even it out) and Knoblaucher (type of German sausage) It burnt our throats. We left the knoblaucher sauce in the fridge for someone with no taste buds to eat.

We were about to leave for the park to watch the sunset, but as we were in the garden playing cards with George and Ryan (two Americans also staying at the hostel) it started to rain. We played some more cards inside after George and Ryan left and we

re soon joined by two more Americans: Jay and Art(hur) from Hollywood. They were both nice and funny – Jay was a bit OTT with his politics: arguing some Canadians in the kitchen next door. We were also joined by:
-Riley and Liz: a couple from North Carolina – very sweet.
-Gero: a German DJ who we befriended – he looked a little alone. Kind guy, offered us a place to stay in Hannover.
-Alexis and Glasses Guy: 2 Swedes. Glasses guy didn’t say much. Alexis was very hardcore- chewing snoos (tobacco pouches) and drinking neat, hard liquor.

Art shared his Malibu and fanta with us (yummy, must remember to drink this at home.) We all chatted until the early hours of the morning about travelling and such. Everyone was leaving in the morning so we all exchanged Facebooks and went to sleep at about 4.

<--Me, Riley, Liz, Gero, Alex, Alexis & Lu