After waking up at 6 am, we had a hearty German buffet breakfast and thoroughly annoyed the locals around us. Well we think they were annoyed. It’s hard to tell.
We decided that because we were still dead on our feet, we would take it easy that day, so we booked tickets for a hop on hop off tour. It was actually great fun. It is so nice to see a city from the top of a double decker bus with the breeze blowing in your face and an elderly lady with a thick German accent and a dry sense of humour commentating on every building we passed.
We got off at the PanoramaPunkt, a tower in the centre of Berlin that offered spectacular a 360° view of the city. It also offered the fastest elevator in Europe. 24 floors in 20 seconds😲.
After this we toured around the city some more, seeing the sites and learning about the history and stopped for currywurst (a Berlin specialty which is a disgusting mix of sickly sweet tomato sauce, curry powder and bratwurst) and pretzels.
Because we hadn’t had enough excitement that day, we decided to stop by Legoland (pronounced lee-go-lund). It was actually pretty fun, for a lego themed amusement park. It had the entire city made of lego, racetracks with flips, 4D movies and more. Willow loved it, but sadly we had to go. I was delirious. We walked backed through Tiergarten, a pretty garden where no-one walked on the grass except for us…
It was a lovely relaxing day in a beautiful city. Shame about the currywurst though.
by Zara (NOT SASH)
Five Go to Europe 