Hi everyone,
Today we’re talking about Berlin!

During the last black friday Ryanair did huge discounts, and since I’m a travel addicted I had to take a look, and I found A/R flight from Milan BYG to Berlin SXF from 10€, so I bought them for me and my friend since it was her birthday in a week ( perfect birthday present!).

It was a short stay but we enjoyed Berlin as much as we could.
We arrived in Berlin late in the morning and we immediatly took the train to the city centre so we could leave our bag at our hotel, which was in the Mitte district.
After lunch we went straight to Der Brandenburger Tor, one of the emblem of the city, and then we walked to the Reichstag, another iconic building with its famous glass dome. You can actually visit the dome and see a beautiful view of the city, but sadly we forgot to book our tickets and we couldn’t find them there the same day.
Near the Reichstag you’ll see the Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas (Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe), a maze made of stelae and it’s possible to walk among these stelae. This building wants to recreate a sense of disorientation.
Our first day ended with the Topographie des Terrors, an history museum with documents on display that meant to show the horrors of Nazi, since it was the central institutions of Nazi persecution and terror. Outside this exhibition you can even see a part of the Berliner Mauer (Berlin wall).

On our second day we went to Alexander Platz to see the two iconic symbols of Berlin, the Urania Weltzeituhr (the World Clock) and the Berliner Fernsehturm (Berlin TV Tower) and it’s possible to go on top of the tower. We met Marienkirche, a beautiful Evangelical church while we were walking to the Dome, the stunning neo-baroque cathedral.
Before lunch we wanted to see the Museumsinsel, a museum complex.
In the afternoon we went to see the East Side Gallery, an open-air gallery.
Here you can see an huge part of the Berlin Wall, placed in the original site and now covered with 105 paintings.
Going back to our hotel we also saw Checkpoint Charlie, the crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War.

Third and last day.
We wanted to see Bebelplatz, in Unter den Linden boulevard,
This square is known because in May 1933 Nazi burned around 20.000 books, including some masterpieces from Albert Einstein, Karl Marx and other important authors.

This was a little summary from my trip in Berlin; I really loved that city and to be honest, I was not expecting to like it that much.

Alessia