Berlin, Nuremberg & Muchen

Internet cafe's are few & far between in the old East Germany, so here is an update at the end of day 9

We departed the Hille's early Monday afternoon on the 25th after checking out the local brewery, some shopping and headed off to Berlin, via Wittenburg where we had lunch. Toured around Leipzig. We stayed in a charming little village called Coswig and stayed in a "Pension" a German B and B. We went down to the village restaurant where nobody could speak a word of english. We could only recognize Schnitzel on the menu. Brenda mistakenly ordered a combination schnitzel and was presented with a meal that would feed a small army!!!! Needless to say most of it went back and probably to the dogs.



Tues 26 Off to Berlin



Belin Wall, sore finger.....

We had a much better run on the autobahn, but at 160 / 170 kph, the economy tends to worsen a wee bit. The upside is you dont need wipers when it rains. We found Berlin to be quite drab, a lot of reconstruction is going on, the main tourist spots, Brandenberg gate, Reichstag and Holocaust memorial where very impressive. We stayed at the noisiest hotel in the old east Berlin right opposite what is the longest part left of the Berlin wall. The receptionist at the hotel Sophia, was an american and spoke perfect english, it was so nice to be understood again. I asked to borrow a hammer to chip at the wall, but was told it was VERBOTEN, but she got me the hammer anyway. After hitting my finger which is still quite sore and swollen, but I managed to get my souvenir. Managed to gate crash a Guinness promotion and it was free Guinness all night, but we only stayed for one. Breakfast suprise, surprise was cold meat, rolls and coffee.

Wed 27 Off to Nuremberg



This where Hitler held his Nuremburg Rallys, on rally had over 1 million attendees!, I am standing where Hitler once stood....

After a lousy night sleep in Berlin we left for Nuremberg only to find that every hotel, Zimmer and B and B within the town radius was booked due to a festival and trade fair. There was one room at the Ibis for 350 euro / normally 59 euro, we declined their offer. After driving around for about an hour we called into a dvd store and asked the nice young lady for some help and she managed to find us a room in Furth about 20 k out of town, a cancellation, so we were lucky.
Went on a tour around Nuremberg and it is one of the most historic and picturesque places so far. We could have stayed their longer, but ABC / another bloody church, another bloody castle!!Went to Folks garden where Hitler made his famous speeches at the Nuremberg rally, I stood in the exact spot where Hitler stood some 70 years ago. We arrived in Munich late afternoon and we are now going to find a restaurant for dinner and then off to the Octoberfest!!! Prost!! more tomorrow.