Wednesday : fine After breaky we had to walk back to Brandenburg gate to meet our tour guide. We had a big group today, maybe 40-50 people, but the guide spoke loudly so it shouldn't be a problem. Like yesterday the guide has had a lot of experience, he has been a guide for 5 years, and for the last 3 years he has been a guide for Sachsenhausen concentration camp. We were taking a couple trains for about an hour out of Berlin to the camp. The guide did very wel...

Wednesday : Fine with few showers Got to catch up on some sleep last night, the hotel is super quiet. It advertises that its got blackout and silent rooms. Perfect! It's nothing special this hotel, just a cheap three night stay in the centre of Berlin. We got ready and went downstairs to the coffee and bagel joint next to the hotel for breakfast. We then made our way onto town on foot, the walk took about 20-25mins. We were heading to the Brandenburg Gate to me...

Tuesday : Fine Well as predicted the sleep was pretty rubbish, and we couldn't wait to get on with our day. We quickly had breakfast and threw the rest of our belongings in our packs. To our surprise it wasn't as easy getting back to the airport, as it was coming into town. The metro was no problem, but it's doesn't go to the airport. It stops about 6kms before the airport, and then we had to get a bus. The bus stop was nowhere to be seen once above ground th...

Monday : Sunny then stormy Terrible sleep last night, the bloke below me was jumping around in bed all night. Tossing and turning shaking the bunk bed probably because there was the snoring tractor on the other side of the room keeping everyone up. Kim told me that she had a bad sleep too, and that I have given her my cold, because now she has a sore throat and a case of the sniffles. Well at least the weather was fine today. We got out of the barnyard right a...

Sunday : Rain We woke early today, due to the hostel being a noisy one. Oh Yippie! But at least it includes breakfast. It was raining already today so after a simple breakfast we went to the State Hermitage Museum early. We took the metro because of the rain, and it couldn't be easier with only two stops and English of course. The line at the Hermitage was massive, but Kim being so well on top of things pre booked our tickets yesterday. All we had to do was ex...