I got off the train and walked on foot the last little bit to the hostel with the directions they had provided me with. When I arrived I was absolutely shocked to see that the hostel looked like a hotel!! There are 5 floors both having hallways on either sides so it's as if there are 10 floors technically. A continental breakfast for only €5 as well the rooms are massive! Very happy because it wasn't expensive, had a great location and It was an awesome way to end my trip on the "hostel" aspect.
I relaxed in the hostel for a bit, grabbed some maps from reception and sat in my room maping out places to go and things to see. I left awhile later for the Berlin Wall which was only a 15 minute walk from my hostel. The wall itself was pretty cool, very long seems like it goes on forever. And the art against it is all different so there is a lot to look at. It's also right beside the river that runs through the city.
Besides seeing the Berlin Wall I didn't do much the first day but no worries though because I still have 2 full days to see the city which I'm sure is plenty of time for what I want to do.
Also a side note to my traveling these last few weeks. I only brought my massive suitcase to UK and my little roots backpack. So when deciding to do these small trips in Europe it made sense not to bring my suitcase because it's huge and completely unnecessary. So for Amsterdam, Paris and Spain I used my little roots back pack. Which was good because I didn't have to pay for checked baggage and it was nice not having to lug a huge suitcase around and instead using a little backpack.
So when the 20 day trip around these 4 counties was planned I thought about it and decided to do the same thing and just take the little backpack. A little bit of a stretch because the back pack worked for all the other trips because they were 5-6 day ones so no problem getting what I needed in there. However my 20 day trip was a little more tricky on deciding what to bring and what I can't bring. Really I only packed clothes and toiliteries, although I didn't have room for a towel. So instead of paying to rent one at every hostel, I being so creative that I am came up with a great alternative solution. BED SHEET! Because it was +50 thousand anyways and I wanted to die from heat exhaustion I thought why not use my bed sheet as a towel and then I can sleep on a damp bed and not be so hot throughout the night. Genius idea because it worked like a charm, I saved room in my backpack for other things and I was kept a little more cool during the night.
View of the hostel from the elevator!
Metro map of Berlin
Berlin Wall
Adding to the wall!
"If you are racist, sexist, homophobic or an ass hole don't come in!"
Berlin university
Berlin metro
