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Day 1 (30/3)
David and I arrived at Berlin at 9 AM. Picked up large back pack and headed for Berlin City Centre on the S-Bahn. Bought a welcome card that allows us to travel anywhere in the city for 48 hours. Used my English-German Dictionary and map of the S-Bahn from Lonely Plane to get around.
Reached our Michelberger hotel in Warschauer Strasse. Hotel is very nice, edgy and trendy. Embodies Berlin's subculture. For the rest of the Berlin trip we were on the edges of East Berlin, former communist colony and site of much graffiti. Also very dark and dodgy at night but has some really good food.
Visit Bundestag at 11 AM. Get to go in because I pre booked an appointment to visit the glass dome. Needed to bring passports to prove that we're not terrorists.
Finish Bundestag tour. It was very informative. Free Audio Guides. Head to Karlshorst German-Russian Museum because David wanted to look at some WWII tanks.
Had tom yam soup and salmon teriyaki for lunch at the Hauptbahnhof (My favourite place in Berlin).
Reach Karlshorst, had a look around the museum. We were the only ones there. Ghost museum. David a bit disappointed at the military transport on exhibition. Incidentally, stupid me forgot to bring camera for Bundestag visit so there are no Bundestag Pictures. Picture of David spread eagle on the museum floor as proof that we were the only ones there. I suggested that he act like a corpse while I took the picture from the second floor. Success! Nobody around so we could take all the silly pictures we liked. Also here is a pic of me and a tank. This tank was on the Museum's wiki page so David was very excited to pose with it.
After Karlshorst, were super tired. Went back to hotel. Ate at Russian restaurant recommended by hotel. Did not like Russian food. Slept Early.
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