germany was great, although our bad weather streak has been continuing!

anyways, since we only had one day in munich and we wanted to see as much as we could in the shortest amount of time, we randomly decided to take a bike tour. it was a completely free tour - you just tip at the end if you had fun - so we thought, 'why not?'

well, now i dont know why we have been walking, and walking, and walking miles and miles everyday!! it was so much fun, the guide knew all his munich history and was funny too and i really feel like we saw every notable building (and more - not just buildings) within biking distance and all within about 4 hours! it was a great time, plus we werent as completely exhausted as we are most days. also, very random, there were only 30 people on the tour and there were 2 boys from UF and 2 boys from FSU. so, 6 (including us) out of the 30 were from FL schools. we thought it was pretty funny.


after the tour we still had a night to spend in munich, so we (very uncharacteristically) decided to take a beer tour. we went around, with our guide and 3 other guys on the tour from chicago and s. carolina, and went first to a bar for a beer (everywhere brews their own specific beer), then another bar for beer "tasting" (as in, "i taste a hint of banana") and had a very german dinner (lots of sausage) as well as a step by step tour of how that bar/restaurant brewed their beer, and then a final stop at one of the most famous

the next morning we traveled to berlin by train and arrived late that night. our hostel was really very nice, but also really, really in the woods! i mean, we had to hike about 5 - 10 mins to even get out of the forest and to a paved road!!
our first day (one of two) we decided to take another bike tour. we went all over berlin (and to another beer garden for lunch) and as much as we liked the mun

afterward, we went to potsdamer platz to the big new movie theater that shows original language films to watch a movie in english. the only thing that was any different from american theaters is that 1) they assign you exact seats, and better seats cost more and 2) during the previews a commercial came on for this specific brand of ice cream bars that they sell EVERYWHERE and ALL over europe, and all the sudden at the end of the commercial, the lights come up, and the screen goes dark and 2 employees walked around selling the ice cream bars. it was so funny. a few people bought them, and then they left, the lights went off, and the previews continued.

our second day in berlin we (surprise) took another bike tour! i know, we are very lazy now and don't want to walk anywhere. we went with the same company on a more in-depth tour (longer and smaller - only 5 people) all about WW2 and the 3rd reich.
afterward, we went to the 'topography of terror,' a free, open-air museum also all about the Nazi regime, and then to the museum located at checkpoint charlie.

Tomorrow we day trip to Auschwitz.
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