So Berlin was awesome. The city is a fascinating mix of the old and new. It is a city jam packed with history in a country of the same. Someone asked which I prefered, Venice or Berlin, and it is hoenstly impossible to compare them. Venice is charming. Its tourist area is in a concetrated area and absolutely enchanting. You go for two or three days, and you've seen it. You've relaxed, you taken pictures, you've eaten the pasta, the pizza, drank the wine. Berlin is fascinating. I think every corner you turn there is another building that has stories to tell. It is a mix of the new and modern, standing side by side and arm in arm with the old, shambled, sometimes even bombed. There is history in so many things and while perhaps it is a history the country is not proud of, it is still there. To properly see Berlin, you need more then two days.
It was awesome though. I went to Berlin by car, with Jero and Rene. Yep. The three of us. First of all it was good to see Rene again, been a couple weeks. Second of all, those two are hilarious together, and it is just so comfortable when its the three of us. We did a day of wandering, taking public transport(highly recommended if you go there. The city is amazing for public transport), checking out a couple churches(Berlina Dome is beautiful and you can actually climb right to the top, walking around outside on the balcony around the dome at the top), and finished the night with a pub crawl through New Berlin Tours. Awesome pub crawl, great hosts, tons of fun and intersting people. The second day, we checked out, threw our bags into the car, and jumped on the train to join up with the New Berlin Free Bike Tour. We spent 3 hours biking around Berlin hearing about the history, about the government, and all the little things like that from a very informed tour guide who had a great sense of humor. Highly recommend that as well.
So it was good. Definitely different from Venice, but I treasure each experience on its own.
Now what you ask? Well, I have extended my stay in Europe. I was originally supposed to be at the airport about 40mins from now to check in, but now I am not leaving until May 21. Am I am so excited about it! It was kind of a last minute switch, but in the end, the more I thought about going home, the less I felt like doing it, so I spent the money(more then I expected it to be) and changed my flight.
Can't and wont complain about doing it. Because tomorrow morning I shall pack up most of my stuff, take the bus to the train station, get on a train-by myself, make a switch or two, take a bus, and end up at the Eindhoven airport. From there, I am getting on a plane and flying to Dublin, Ireland. Yep. I. Laura Boskers. Am going. TO IRELAND! I am pretty excited about it, as for some strange and unexplicable reason I've always wanted to go, and now I am doing it. Really psyched. I am spending a couple nights just on my own(actually just booked a hostel, thought I was sol on that one), then Monday morning joining a tour group for back packers and spending 5 days on and off the bus through Shamrocker Adventures- a branch of Busabout(if anyone has heard of either of them). I am so excited!
Whats more, when I get back to Holland- landing again in Eindhoven, I now have time to visit some more family, and then I am looking at taking the EuroLine(like a greyhound) and going to Belgium and maybe even France. I have the time, I have the interest... But that is still really up in the air. We'll see!
But I have to go. Going to Den Haag today to see Maduradam(don't think thats spelled right) and I need to get ready. Have a great one!
dag!
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