Today we're leaving Berlin for London, the last leg of our journey! A little sad, but mostly excited haha. I'm all travelled out... We checked out of our hostel in the morning, and then went to a cafe for breakfast. (Scrambled eggs with tomatoes and cheese) Afterwards, we headed to the Pergamon Museum, also located on Museum Island. It was initially built to house the excavated Pergamon Altar, but now also has an extensive Egyptian and Islamic exhibit. And we got free audioguides! Which is always fun. We spent a lot of time looking at the Pergamon Altar, Ishtar Gate, and other big excavations/reconstructions, but then kind of breezed through the rest of the museum, since we were kind of on a time constraint.
After we finished with the museum, we took a subway over to the East side of the city, and visited the East Side Gallery, which is a segment of the Berlin Wall that has been painted with murals from international artists. It was actually a lot longer than I thought! And with so much varied art! It was kind of sad though, there was also a lot of graffiti and stuff covering some of the artwork... >.<
Then we took the subway back to Alexanderplatz, got some yummy gelato from El Teatro in the subway station, and walked back to our hostel. Feeling pretty tired, we decided to just chill at the hostel til we had to catch our flight. We ended up just getting Durum Doners again for dinner, from another fast food shop (this one wasn't as good as the first one we had though). To get to Tegel airport, we actually had to take a bus from Brandenburg Gate. The bus was SUPER crowded, and SUPER hot, since there was no a/c and none of the windows seemed to be open. SO miserable! >.< Probably one of the worst bus rides I've had in Europe... So much so that once we got to the airport, all we wanted to do was chill on the couch at a coffeeshop (Coffee Fellows, which is a German coffee chain akin to Starbucks) for a bit before we checked in.
Our flight was pretty nice, (it was SO empty!) and we arrived in London at 9:30pm! And Stephanie was SO excited to get to her aunt's apartment (that's where we're staying in London) and see her little cousin. I think it's the fastest I've ever seen her try and get out of an airport haha. It was then a long subway ride to Stephanie's aunt's house, and we arrived around 11pm! Yay, finished our last travel day before we go back to the US!
Pergamon Altar
Ishtar Gate
After we finished with the museum, we took a subway over to the East side of the city, and visited the East Side Gallery, which is a segment of the Berlin Wall that has been painted with murals from international artists. It was actually a lot longer than I thought! And with so much varied art! It was kind of sad though, there was also a lot of graffiti and stuff covering some of the artwork... >.<
Snapshots of the East Side Gallery!
Then we took the subway back to Alexanderplatz, got some yummy gelato from El Teatro in the subway station, and walked back to our hostel. Feeling pretty tired, we decided to just chill at the hostel til we had to catch our flight. We ended up just getting Durum Doners again for dinner, from another fast food shop (this one wasn't as good as the first one we had though). To get to Tegel airport, we actually had to take a bus from Brandenburg Gate. The bus was SUPER crowded, and SUPER hot, since there was no a/c and none of the windows seemed to be open. SO miserable! >.< Probably one of the worst bus rides I've had in Europe... So much so that once we got to the airport, all we wanted to do was chill on the couch at a coffeeshop (Coffee Fellows, which is a German coffee chain akin to Starbucks) for a bit before we checked in.
Interesting street art we saw on our way back to the hostel!
Mezzo Mix: A mix of coke and orange soda!
Emptiest flight I've ever been on! It was awesome!
Our flight was pretty nice, (it was SO empty!) and we arrived in London at 9:30pm! And Stephanie was SO excited to get to her aunt's apartment (that's where we're staying in London) and see her little cousin. I think it's the fastest I've ever seen her try and get out of an airport haha. It was then a long subway ride to Stephanie's aunt's house, and we arrived around 11pm! Yay, finished our last travel day before we go back to the US!
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