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How to have a cheap backpacking or holiday in Berlin
Blog: Cheap Backpacking in Bulgaria - 4 November 2009
Cheap backpacking / cheap holiday: the bar inside one of the hostels I was in, in Berlin I this post I will cover: - How to get to Berlin for cheap - Cheap and free accomodation - Eating cheaply - Free tour of Berlin - Making some quick cash legally - How to stay longterm - More ways to save money whilst [...]
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Looking back: Berlin before the wall
Blog: 501 Places - 3 November 2009
We waited for over 90 minutes in Berlin’s Ostbahnhof. Guards came through the train carriages. First our documents were checked. Then we were asked to leave the cars while they lifted the seats and pulled the panels from the ceiling. We then climbed aboard and watched the dogs get to work under the trains, looking [...]
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Berlin Street Art
Blog: Brilliant Tips Travel Blog - 24 October 2009
Any unsanctioned art developed in public spaces, such as graffiti artwork or street poster art, is considered to be street art. Typically, the term “street-art” or the more specific term “post-graffiti” is used to distinguish contemporary public space artwork from vandalism and territorial graffiti. Some of the most stunning and innovative street art is in Berlin. Berlin has attracted international attention and become a destination spot for street art creators and admirers alike.
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Unusual Hotel Rooms: Coffin, Flying Beds, Grandma Rooms?
Blog: PassportChop.com Travel Blog - Reviews, Travel Experiences - 30 August 2009
Berlin Propeller Island City Lodge Unique Hotel Rooms Have you wondered what is it like to sleep in a coffin? Well perhaps not But this Berlin hotel can offer you this experience as well as many other unique experiences e.g.
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5 bars where to get wasted this Saturday
Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 22 August 2009
1. Rock Bar Mother, Shinjuku, Tokyo, JapanA tiny bar with larger than life character. The bar functions on two principles: darkness and songs on demand.
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Guest Post! Berlin With Baby…
Blog: Have Baby Will Travel - 17 August 2009
I’m delighted to put up our very first guest post! Tracey went to Germany with her husband and baby boy. They rented an apartment for part of their stay, and they had a wonderful time. Thanks so much for sharing your trip with us, Tracey! Berlin like a Berliner Last year my husband and I took a trip to [...]
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Joga bonito
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 12 August 2009
I did indeed head back over to ‘Hoolywood’ though it wasn’t great really. There are quite a lot of these English terrace fashion inspired shops on the continent and some are excellent with bargains galore, this one had it’s own Hoolywood bumbags though so I’ll say no more. Amongst the dross there was some good clobber [...]
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Send the Bitburger back
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 11 August 2009
I finally had a decent kip last night and consequetly didn’t wake up until after 11 meaning I’d missed brekkie, drataster. This meant that my lunch plans were in limbo also, you see the main advantage of your average continental breakfast is that it makes excellent loot for meals to yet follow. Try stuffing a [...]
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British Home Championship
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 10 August 2009
Today has been relatively uneventful, mostly hostel bound. I’ve been sorting all my legacy posts tags out for this Blogsherpa thing so that took a fair while. After that I got talking (about fantasy footy) to these 3 lads from Glasgow and spent most of the day with them. These fellas were getting an over-night train [...]
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There was a checkpoint Charlie
Blog: Send The Bugger Back - 8 August 2009
The Hostel (Pfefferbett Hostel) I’m in is ace in every way except there is no kitchen which is a bit of a pain when I’m here for 4 nights. So I had a quality salami pizza last night at a little gaff called La Cucina in the Pfefferbett area. The thing was huge and bloody [...]
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Return of the Red Menace: More Communist-Era Relics
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 30 July 2009
Last week I began counting down the the top ten communist relics I've visited in my travels through Central and Eastern Europe, complete with images (and bonus silly captions!).We're up to the really big structures now. Who will come in at number one? Let the gender-bending drug-enhanced socialist games commence!
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Inspired by the Anne Frank Museum in Berlin
Blog: Heather on her travels - 6 July 2009
Our visit to the Anne Frank Museum in Berlin came as a happy chance, when you stumble across something interesting and decide to follow your instincts. We had been planning to make an early start to beat the queues at the Reichstag Dome, but walking past the museum we spotted the sign and as our [...]
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Berlin: 5 Family Favorites
Blog: Family Friendly Hotel, Resort, Suite Reviews: Travel Savvy Mom » blog - 30 June 2009
This year is the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's demise and the city is popping with all kinds of great deals, events and nightlife.
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How to get from Schönefeld airport into Berlin
Blog: Heather on her travels - 29 June 2009
If you’re visiting Berlin and want to know how to get from Schönefeld airport, into the heart of Berlin, it’s quick and easy by train. The train station is only 5-10 minutes walk from the Arrivals terminal and from there, you’re straight on the train into the city in around 45 minutes. As you come from [...]
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A cool street-art hangout at Kunsthaus Tacheles - in Berlin
Blog: Heather on her travels - 7 June 2009
We were recommended to visit Tacheles by some Berlin locals for the authentic Berlin experience. They suggested we go up to the cafe and look down on the half buried airplane at the back. Apparently we’d recognise it because it was the only grotty, run down building in a neighbourhood where everything else had been renovated. The [...]
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Friday photo - the queue for the view at the Reichstag in Berlin
Blog: Heather on her travels - 29 May 2009
Everyone visiting Berlin wants to see the glass dome of the Reichstag or German parliament building, designed by Sir Norman Foster. A ramp winds up to the top, where you get a fantastic view over the city as well as down to the parliament chamber below. Or so I’m told… Sadly, the view from the dome was not [...]
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Checkpoint Charlie and other Berlin Wall stories
Blog: Heather on her travels - 17 May 2009
On our rickshaw tour of the sights of Berlin we briefly took in a stop at Checkpoint Charlie. The Berlin half-marathon was in full swing and it was a little incongruous to see reconstructed guardhouse with actors in uniform waiting to have their phograph taken with you for 1€, with runners streaming past them on [...]
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See the animals at Berlin Zoo - but Bristol Zoo’s better
Blog: Heather on her travels - 7 May 2009
Our visit to Berlin zoo was not top of my agenda on our recent trip to Berlin. I had planned a cycle ride through the Tiergarten park to see the lovely Schloss Charlottenburg palace, but my daughter had other ideas. She was keen to see the zoo, although it may have been because she’d heard that it was [...]
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Budget boutique bliss at Circus Hotel in Berlin
Blog: Heather on her travels - 29 April 2009
Circus Hotel where we stayed in Berlin was a real find for me and I’d recommend it to anyone. It’s full of contemporary charm, with warm and friendly staff, plenty of personal little touches and best of all it won’t break the bank. I was looking for an apartment within a hostel or hotel for the [...]
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Blue glass reflections at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial church in Berlin
Blog: Heather on her travels - 23 April 2009
The Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church must easily be the most photogenic church in Berlin with it’s fabulous blue glass walls and colourful mosaics. It’s a chance for a quiet retreat from the in-your-face retail overload on busy Kurfürstendamm with the street-performers and fast-food stalls outside. The church was built in the 1890s and in the war was all [...]
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Eat on the street in Berlin
Blog: Heather on her travels - 20 April 2009
In Berlin there is street-food to be found at all the major tourist hot-spots. When you’re about town sightseeing, the best thing is to refuel en route, then collapse in a cafe when you run out of energy. We found that the underpasses of the larger stations such as Alexanderplatz were also a good place to [...]
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Friday photo - Children at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin
Blog: Heather on her travels - 17 April 2009
Just back from Berlin I’d like to share with you a photo from the Holocaust memorial in Berlin, which we visited while we were there. The thing I liked about the memorial was the way that children were interacting with it, dodging in between the dark concrete blocks, playing hide and seek or just finding a [...]
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Something for the weekend - Films set in Berlin
Blog: Heather on her travels - 16 April 2009
There’s nothing like a film to give you the atmosphere of a place, so if you’re planning to visit Berlin check out these films to give you an atmosphere of the place and help you brush up on your German. On our recent stay, the Circus Hotel had a selection of Berlin DVDs which you [...]
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Our 36 hours in Berlin
Blog: Heather on her travels - 13 April 2009
Fresh back from Berlin I’m reflecting on how best to plan a 3 day trip like ours, as things never quite go to plan. I’m the sort of gal that takes pleasure in the planning as part of the anticipation for the trip. I’d hate to think I’d missed out on something wonderful just because I hadn’t taken the time [...]
