I decided to head somewhere touristy so I wouldn't feel quite so stupid struggling to order something as simple as a baguette (which I did, while again accidentally buying fizzy water, I hate that stuff).
So I headed to Checkpoint Charlie, one of the former borders between the West and East sides of Berlin. I was there last time but didn't have much of a look round, and to be honest I didn't this time really. At some point I'll have a look round the museums there.
While I was there I had a look in one of the many gift shops and bought a book on the history of Germany after the Second World War, as I don't know a whole lot about Germany in that time, and it's a big part of Germany so it should be an interesting read.
I then walked into the old 'East Berlin' along a long road which is now a shopping street with a lot of expensive looking shops, including a Bugatti showroom (see previous entry) and no less than THREE H&M stores. Quite an ironic turn of events really, a win for Capitalism to be sure.
There was also a Mini shop, which looked like it sold more merchandise than actual cars, and had a Mini stuck to the wall:
Once I'd come to the end of the shopping street I headed for Alexanderplatz as it started to rain, on the way I snapped the following photo:
I think it might look better without the tower in the background, it should be simple enough to clone out in Photoshop.
Perhaps not the best day for apartment finding but I had a good look around part of Berlin and I rang up a sister of a friend of Michael's about a German language course, which I'll be going to apply to tomorrow morning.
I think it might look better without the tower in the background, it should be simple enough to clone out in Photoshop.
Perhaps not the best day for apartment finding but I had a good look around part of Berlin and I rang up a sister of a friend of Michael's about a German language course, which I'll be going to apply to tomorrow morning.
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