Departing Cairns
29 de agosto de 2022, Austrália ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
And we're off on a 30 hour, 3 flight journey to Berlin.
Oh, and we bought an apartment in Cairns at the airport literally as we were boarding the plane........
And we're off on a 30 hour, 3 flight journey to Berlin.
Oh, and we bought an apartment in Cairns at the airport literally as we were boarding the plane........
After 30 hours of travel, we made our way to our Airbnb, had a quick shower and immediately set out to meet a bunch of the crew for a pre-dinner beer at Mikkeller in Kollwitzkiez.
We walked from Mikkeller to the oldest restaurant in Berlin, and spotted the famous TV Tower (Berliner Fernsehturm) in Alexandraplatz
We had a delicious pork knuckle that was massive. Jill tried to eat the entire thing in one bite.
Another look at the TV Tower after dark.
Afterwards, a few snuggles post-dinner. Dan's favouriteLeia mais
After a late brekky, we headed out to explore the city. First stop, Brandenburg Tor.
After the Tor, we walked a little ways to see the German Parliament building, known as Bundestag.
Jill and I walked along the river crossing a bridge over to Museum Island and found ourselves in the Lustgarten with a perfect view of the cathedral.
We headed over to Checkpoint Charlie, aka capitalism fail...
So much historical significance washed away by commercialism.
A short walk from Checkpoint Charlie to a preserved section of the Berlin Wall (Berlin Mauer) that overlooks a vacant space where the East German Secret Police Headquarters (Stasi) existed.
After walking about 15km, we finally made our way back to check-in to our Berlin home, the Hüttenpalast. What an epic location!
It's essentially a large warehouse-like space with custom caravansLeia mais