We’d made arrangements for a side trip to Berlin and this was the day. Train tickets had been purchased and we were finally able to book a hotel for two nights, not an easy feat considering it was (unbeknownst to us) Fashion Week in Berlin and things were pretty booked up. Our morning started with another Lagerspets breakfast — this time Ezra used Nutella to secure his chocolate to his roll. He was pretty pleased with himself.
After breakfast, Jokke took us over to the local train station and helped us make sure we got on the right train.
We made it safely to our first stop, Hannover, but then things got a little wonky. We still don’t know what exactly happened (because, of course, all of the announcements were in German) but we ended up being delayed about an hour and a half and there was tons of confusion about which train was actually ours. When we finally got onto a train, we were told by the ticket checker that we’d need to get off at another station and switch trains. So we started to do that but when we got off the train, another passenger (who’d been in Hannover with us) told us we didn’t need to switch and we should stay on the train. So, back on the train! The whole ordeal was stressing out poor Finn, but finally a light snack and some screen time calmed his nerves.
Ezra wasn’t worried at all and barely looked up from his game. This was a recurring theme throughout the trip.
We finally made it to Berlin …
… and found our way to our hotel. Unfortunately our room wasn’t ready, so we just dropped off our luggage and headed for a late lunch. We ended up at a place called Cafe Literaturhaus, where the tasty food and the waiter’s extreme friendliness made up for the slow service. After lunch we got ice cream cones at a not-so-friendly shop and then checked into the hotel and had a little rest.
Once we felt somewhat refreshed, we took the train back to the city center to have a look around. Here are a few shots from that first mini tour.
We had hotdogs and crepes from a street vendor for dinner.
Then we went back to the train station to take our short hop back to the hotel, where we collapsed!
Here are all of my photos from this day.