Monday, December 8, 2008

Germany, December 2008 - Solo

Had breakfast by myself again. I walked down to DD for a coffee, when I got back to the lobby Troy was waiting on Tim or me. I said I was heading upstairs to draft up my itinerary for the day and that I would be back down in an hour. I decided yesterday that I was not going to do the third walking tour. I went to leave and Troy was in the lobby waiting on Tim, they were heading out somewhere. I ended up walking all the way to the Sony Center via the park and “Straβe des 17, Juni”, this is the name of the main drive going through the park. I took better pictures of the Victory Column and Reichstag building, also took an aerial shoot of the Holocaust Memorial. I was tired after all of the walking so I went to the Ritz Carlton and relaxed in the lobby for 30 minutes. Then took the S-Baun to the Friedrich Station and switched trains then went to the Alexander Station. I walked along the elevated tracks until I found the Brauhaus Lemke brewery. The food was disappointing because they were serving only a buffet, but the beer was the best I have had in Berlin. I believe it was a bock or an alt. Then I went to the TV Tower and went up to take a few pictures. After all of that I hopped back on the train and went back to the Hotel. I tried to take a nap but decided to head down to Ka De We to check out the groceries on the top level, awesome. I met up with the guys at the hotel bar for our daily 6PM social hour.  The hotel staff was having their xmas party this night. By now we know the entire bar staff and they know us as the crazy Americans who spend over 200€ a night, the bar manager was working tonight so her staff could enjoy the party.  We ended up drinking til 7PM then we went to other steak restaurant the Maredo. I think this was the best steak so far this week. We went back to the hotel bar and drank until late.

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