Thursday, May 31, 2007

Easter Trip: Germany [Berlin]

ok.. this is the last leg of the easter trip.. Berlin.. haha... actually.. all along i keep tinking that Munich is more interesting than berlin, although the rest tink otherwise... but after uploading the photos.. i realised that Berlin also quite some stuff to catch.. oh well.. but i would say most r things related to the wars that occured there and abt the Berlin Wall itself.. watever it is.. still enjoyed ourselves pretty much there..

the 1st thing tt greeted us was one of the few legolands in Europe.. ahha



The remains of the Berlin Wall...



Hurry!!! b4 the guard comes!!!
one of the more prominent structures in Berlin.. Pariser Platz




the hostel we stayed in was realli OUT OF THE WAY... it was from HI n super inaccessible.. had to walk a long distance everytime we go in n out.. but.. the breakfast was SUPERB... no complains at all.. free flow of scramble eggs.. ham n many many more!!! wohoo!!! ahah.. prob to provide for the energy to walk in n out if the hostel.. ahha


we went to pay a visit to one of the concentration camps that was left behind from WW2..

SACHSENHAUSEN NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMP






too bad chee wei wasnt able to join us from this point onwards.. actually we planned to go back together.. but it turned out tt there wasnt tix for the date n time we planned to head back.. but cw had a presentation or test or smthin n needed to go back 1st.. oh well.. we had to book an additional nite of hostel but i am glad we did tt coz there was still so much we havnt seem!!!
The Berliner Dom.. a realli beautiful structure.. pk has the nite view of it.. haha can go check out his blog..
Check Point Charlie: the Berlin Wall used to have a gap here where it divides the American side n the Russian side..




Reichstag:

actually we planned to go at nite one.. but the queue was crazy.. n everyone was tired.. so we went back the next morning again.. haha n was greeted with the same amt of crazy queue.. oh well.. =p



the inside was pretty cool.. though not exactly a gd view pt of the whole city.. but the spiraling up was fun..



haha.. nice one from sm there.. lol
Soviet Memorial - to commemorate Soviets who died in the Battle of Berlin (vs. Hitler)
Holocaust Memorial: dedicated the Murdered Jews of Europe
could miss the chance to take some sae pix again.. haha







tts pretty much it for Berlin.. actually there was some more.. can check pk's blog lah.. ahha too many.. haha
kinda like this pix... for some reason..

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