The city of Berlin was the last point on our journey.home. And he appeared in our route purely by chance. When buying tickets from Paris to Moscow, the booking system offered a composite flight through Berlin with a transfer time of 3 hours. And without any hesitation, we decided to linger there not for 3 hours, but immediately for a day, and fly away the very next day. The price of the ticket at the same time remained.
Naturally, all the impressions of Germany were associated with the city of munichsince he was the only place that weseen in this country. And then there is also the capital of Germany, there must be everything at least as well. And somehow, the fact that Berlin was completely destroyed half a century ago was completely unconscious, and after that it was in the GDR for about 30 years ... No, well, of course, we also knew about the Berlin Wall, and remembered the war, but then the facts in the head did not match.
About the impressions of the Berlin Walland the awareness of their involvement in thisevent, I will not write now. Daria wrote about this, it influenced her much more. She still watches films about war and life in East Berlin in the post-war years, and reads articles and books on these topics. That's how it is, you have to go to get interested.
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Where to stay in Berlin
Hotels in Berlin is better to book in advance, so I will recommend you these - St Christopher’s Inn Berlin or Generator berlin mitte. Good price, reviews and rating is also in order, the subway is nearby.
Walk through Berlin
I will tell you a little about our walk throughBerlin, on its eastern part. It was specifically to East Berlin that we didn’t intend to, just like that, the airport Schönefeld, where we arrived, is located in the east of the capital, and we went halfway to some train station, went on foot to the city center. In fact, even at the airport, I felt that there was a smell of Russian spirit here. Some names were in Russian, for example, in the trash.
It was strange to us that Berlin was not at allreminds the capital of Germany. Well, not so it should be. Some graffiti are worth. Everywhere and everywhere, on the fences and on the walls of buildings, both on the outskirts and in the city center.
Berlin graffiti.
Graffiti on houses in berlin
Graffiti on houses in berlin
Berlin city streets
Normal courtyard in Berlin
Sometimes it seemed that we were in a provincial Russian city - the streets were not very clean, and some of the houses in Berlin were just like in our country. Perhaps they were designed by the same people?
Soviet houses in Berlin
Soviet houses in Berlin
Soviet houses in Berlin
At the same time, it is clear that this is not Russia -bike paths are present, as it should be. And periodically skips old German buildings. Of course, the closer to the center of the city and, the closer to the Berlin Wall, the more architecture changes.
Bicycle paths in Berlin
Bicycles everywhere
Interesting building in East Berlin
East Berlin
The modern city center of Berlin
Reminds New Arbat in Moscow
Walk through Berlin
Walk through Berlin
Metro bridge in Berlin
Walk through Berlin
Photo East Berlin
Photo East Berlin
Night city Berlin
Berlin city streets
Berlin Attractions
What is worth seeing in Berlin? If you are interested in stories, first of all it makes sense to take a walk through East Berlin, as well as look at the standard sights. Suddenly, you will?
Reichstag (Reichstagsgeb? Ude - the building of the imperial assembly)
Not far from the Reichstag building
Separately, I want to mention the monument to the Jews inBerlin is a colossal structure in which many people feel dizzy and the floor goes from under their feet. Probably, the author tried to convey even a fraction of what the Jews experienced during the Holocaust.
Monument to the Jews in Berlin
Monument to the Jews in Berlin
Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
Mini-stacking at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
After our walk through Berlin, in the evening onthe way back, we met a Russian-speaking guy from Latvia Gustav, who now lives in Germany, and who also had to go to the airport. He helped us and translated the announcement of the cancellation of trains and an explanation of how to get in connection with these changes. Here it is not knowing the language, even a little, and we would be late for the last train to Schönefeld Airport.
We had all night ahead of the flight, and wetold each other about Russia and Latvia, and Gustav was genuinely surprised that we still have such things as corruption, traffic jams and so on. After sleeping a few hours on the benches at the airport, we flew home happy. And 5 days after Europe, we waited winter in thailand.
