The Recollection Diaries: Berlin

My recollection Strongest memory: After a long day of seeing the cultural sights of inner Berlin, we found ourselves at the Topography of Terror. It is an extremely comprehensive (arguably too comprehensive) and after about 45 minutes of the audio tour Jamie and I were seriously fatigued. We sat down at one of the benches…

Berlin wasn’t built in a day

Berlin is massive. Like, huge. Fun fact being that geographically, it’s nine times bigger than Paris. I definitely had to pick out the activities I most wanted to do. Last time I was here I did a fair range of stuff, including Sachenhausen, so I was keen to find some different sights this time around….

Culture trip to inner Berlin

I’m not exactly a history buff, but if there’s any place that’s going to strike a chord with me, Berlin is probably it. Five nights in Berlin seemed like plenty, but as I left I felt I’d barely scratched the surface. On our first day we took a bit of a self guided walking tour…

Video: Eurotrip Part 2 (2014)

This video covers our time spent in Denmark, Germany, and the Czech Republic. Copenhagen was absolutely fantastic. It was super idyllic and beautiful and if it hadn’t been so cold, I think Danielle and I both could have spent hours just combing the streets. It is definitely the most expensive place I have ever been…

Berlin, Germany

Visiting the German capital is something that everyone travelling Europe should do; the city was very different (in a good way) to how I imagined. A hostel was not required here, as Danielle’s good friend Vanessa kindly had us to stay. Her apartment was on Friedrichstraßejust down the road from that of Checkpoint Charlie; the…