First day in Berlin!

It was an early start to the day as the overnight bus from Munich got in at 7:45 am to the city outskirts of Berlin and so we got a train to our hostel and put our bags down before doing a free walking tour of the main parts of the city. We started at the Bradenburg gate and walked from West to East Berlin. We stopped at the Memorial to the murdered Jews of Europe which was made to be up to anyone interpretation which was interesting. Then we walked to the parking lot that is overtop Hitlers Bunker where he killed himself as the war was coming to an end. We also walked to a memorial of the Berlin wall and checkpoint charlie where the gate to the other side used to be. The walking tour ended there but then we went to Museum island where we saw the Berlin Cathedral and the Pergamon Museum and met up with some people from the hostel after.Read more