The Rhine Valley --> Gosler --> Berlin
Berlin is big and busy.The fact that we didn't get taken out by a tram on our arrival, or departure was a miracle. For the first time we actually booked our accommodation before hand. Well, I called a backpackers when we were about an hour from the city, purely so we would have somewhere to drive to when we arrived.
We arrived about noon and immediately found ourselves on a four hour walking tour ... exhausting but good to see all the sights and get some history too. I think we got fooled into the "Nerd Tour" as our new five minute friends consisted of a bunch of Canadian 20 year old students. We bumped into them later in the pub. To make us feel even older, while Dave was slaughtering them at pool I did my bit to boost the longevity of their beer money and bought them a few drinks.
After all that activity in one day (driving, walking, drinking ... I know ... it is a hard life) we felt we deserved a day off. Plus the weather was shit so we had a day of sleeping, eating, reading, e-mailing and back-to-back episodes of Underbelly on the laptop.
We squeezed in some WW2 education before hitting the road again this morning. We are just about to arrive into Prague so gotta dash and do my navigating duties. Most of you know I have a bit of history in this town. I worked here for 3 months about 14 years ago ... will be a trip down (good but mostly bad) memory lane ... should be interesting.
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