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About me...
Dawn is currently in Kringsja, Oslo. She simply loves shopping - Always has 101 reason to shop, Eat - "I live to eat & not eat to live", Chocolates esp. the dark ones - The endorphins nvr fail to make me feel better! But i figured there's some exceptions ... =(
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Monday, September 29, 2008 @ 11:16 PM
All about Berlin...
I'm back with my travel in Berlin! & beforei forget, I was so overwhelmed by the Dunkin donuts & Starbucks! I'm such a caffiene addict that the sight of starbucks just got me so excited! haha ... & I couldn't wait any longer so i got myself a cup of latte the moment i reach the train station...=P
Day1 By the time we arrive at Berlin, it was around 6 plus .. then we took the S-bahn (Metro) to our hostel ... & I really like this hostel ... It looks new, clean & comfy! & for once it's true to pictures! =P Think i will leave a review for that hostel ... Anyway, after checking in, we asked the person at the hostel if he recommend any places nearby to have dinner ... We wanted to try authentic German food ... So he introduced us to 2 restaurants ... We chose one that was just round the corner about 1 street away from our hostel ... The place was packed ... So we end up having to share a table with this kinda old couple ... Ended up, they are are also tourist from Iowa, US ... They are really nice & chat with us ... So it din feel really weird sharing a table with them ... Anyway, we ordered mushroom soup, beef goulash, pork cutlet, pork knuckle & blood sausage ... Everything was good except for the blood sausage ... It tasted kinda weird & looks kinda ewww... =S But oh wells, it's indeed something different ... haha ..
Beef goulash & Mushroom soup...Blood Sausage
Schnitzel (It's basically pork cutlet)Steam Pork Knuckle ( i know it looks kinda eww, but it's nice) The American couple we met at the restaurant
Day 2 We decided to join the free Berlin tour .. So we made our way down to brandenburg gate early in the morn ... It took us like 2 hours to walk there! but of coz in between we stopped to take pictures & have breakfast & all ... But that was a real good walk! So we joined the Berlin free tour ... & it lasted for about 3.5 hours including lunch ... It's good to join the tours coz the tour guide will tell us the history & all .. It's kinda interesting... But the bad thing bout the tour is you can't go at your own pace & take pics & all ... but it was well worth it coz the tour guide was really hilarious & entertaining ... Then after the tour, we went to do some souvenir shopping & we tried currywurst! (basically just sausage & curry powder) it's not too bad ... But not really that special ... But still, it's one of their local 'roadside' dish i guess .. & we went to this Peugeot showroom or something ... I dun exactly know wat it is coz the cars on display was kinda special (futuristic & vintage) but the cars is definitely not one you will see on the roads... we slowly made our way back to our hostel... So it means another good 1.5 - 2 hrs walk! The walking back was tiring coz we've alr walked so much & coz we din stop to take pics & all this time round ... & we wanted to go grab some dessert before heading back to hostel ... But this dessert place that i researched online before i went apparently was tear down! -_- so we walked there for nothing ... A gd thing is that it's near our hostel ... If not really make a waste trip down ... We were all so tired by the time we got back to our hostel ...
The riverside... At the riverside... At the Brandenburg gate... The jewish war memorial area ... The place is kinda unique ... (anyway these walls are not tombstone incase you are wondering)
Ain't this car futuristic?This looks kinda futuristic but the coolest part is it has an xbox360 in there! This car is nice coz the prints outside is a layer of cloth or some material... & the chairs in there is so diff!
Day 3 It's our last day today... We decided to just wake up for brunch, do a bit of shopping around our hostel area till it's time for us to head for the airport... & we had a different cuisine for brunch ... we had Lebanese food ... & we the Falefel (Fried chix pea ball), i know it sounds kinda weird & eww, but it tastes quite good! Then we also had something like chix kebab .. I had that .. It's really nice i would say .. but super huge! After our meal, we shopped at Schonhauser Allee & we walked to a mall somehow .... We shopped till bout 4 plus n we headed for the Schonefeld Airport... But the most annoying thing was the flight delayed by close to 1.5 hours! & we reached the airport early & the worse is there's nothing much to do or shop at the airport! How boring! & by the time we got back to Oslo, the T-bane(metro) has stop operation... We still manage to catch the last flytoget (airport express train) & had to take a cab back from Oslo S! Super sian ... Gotta pay for cab ... But oh wells, it beats slping at the airport after the long travel ..
I guess that's abt it for the whole trip ... I kinda feel happy that i'm back in Oslo coz it's like coming back to comfort zone ... But at the same time feel quite sian coz everything here is so expensive & there's books n sch to tink of! But i kinda enjoy sitting down in my room n slacking! =X But all in all, the trip was fun!
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