Berlin was our very first stop during our Europe adventures during Easter Break. (I really should have done the posts in order but oh well…). This is my second time in Berlin and I didn’t know it was possible to fall in love with a city MORE. This city is the epitome of modern meets history. It is the perfect mix between both time eras as it holds the most historical landmarks such as: Brandenburg Gate, Holocaust memorial, Berlin Wall etc, yet it is also known for its modern atmosphere and art scene!
Without further ado, lets get into my time at Berlin!
DAY 1:
From Manchester Airport, it was an hour flight to Berlin. Once we arrived, it was pretty late in the evening so we dropped our bags off at our AirBnB and decided to go see the Brandenburg gate light up at night.
MINI STORY TIME: On our walk back to the AirBnB, we stopped for dinner at a kebab shop and not gonna lie, we looked like lost school children when we were trying to order. None of us knew how to speak German and the shopkeepers did not know how to speak English, so we were all literally using hand gestures or clucking our arms together to make chicken noises to communicate! However, a nice old man came to our rescue and recommended us to try the ‘halloumi chicken kebab wrap’. From that moment forward, it was love at first bite and I cannot tell you how many halloumi chicken kebab wraps we’ve grabbed for midnight snacks during our entire trip in Berlin!
DAY 2:
The next day, the weather was BEAUTIFUL! We decided to get up early to join a free walking tour of Berlin. (TOP TIP #1: JOINING A FREE WALKING TOUR is the best way to sight see when you’re on a budget! You have the choice to tip the tour guide at the end as a gesture of appreciation if you liked the tour.)
We saw a bunch of popular tourist attractions and our tour guide was extremely informative and gave us a mini IGCSE history 101 lesson too! The only criticism I had was that the tour went by the attractions way too fast that taking photos was such a stressful process as we’d always end up getting left behind and loosing the group #oops!
After the walking tour, we decided to go grab some snacks!
In the afternoon, we had booked ourselves a time slot to enter the Reichstag building. This is the main government building in Berlin and it is ABSOLUTELY BREATHTAKING!
TOP TIP #2: BOOK A TIME SLOT TO ENTER THE REICHSTAG THE DAY BEFORE. Unfortunately, they do not allow walk-in entries so the best way to not miss out on the opportunity to see the Reichstag is to book online! Plus it is FREE!
TOP TIP #3: REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR PASSPORT OR SOME FORM OF IDENTIFICATION ON YOU. They are very strict when entering the building and conduct a thorough security check on every single person. They will also ask to see your passport so make sure to have that on you if you do end up visiting!
After that, we just walked around the city in the evening and found a nice little Italian restaurant to eat in!
DAY 3:
On this day, the weather was pretty gloomy and cloudy so we were so thankful that we went sight seeing to all the main attractions the day before! It drizzled a few times throughout the day, but we didn’t let that get in the way! We decided to go a little further outside of the city to visit the Berlin Wall Graffiti area called ‘East Side Gallery’. HOWEVER, when we arrived, we saw that the long stretch of graffiti was mostly blocked by metal barricades. Apparently the police had placed it there to stop people from drawing over the existing graffiti. But never fear, we found a few spots where there weren’t metal barricades to take some bomb ass photos!
After that, I wanted to visit the Charlottenburg Palace, which was quite a journey away but we ventured there anyway! BUT. OF COURSE. IT WAS CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS.
TOP TIP #4: CHECK WHETHER THE PLACE YOU WANT TO VISIT IS OPEN OR IS UNDERGOING RENOVATION BEFORE GOING. Don’t make the mistake of wasting a long journey there only to be disappointed 😦
We then spent the rest of the afternoon walking around the taking some more photos around various sights we came across.
For dinner, we wanted to embrace our last night in Berlin by chomping down on some traditional German food. After a lot of research, we found a German brewery called “Hofbrauhaus”. It had the whole German vibe, from German men drunkenly shouting to German music blasting in the background. The food was to die for, there was so much meat!
With happy stomachs, that concluded our trip to Berlin! We were on to our next destination: Prague and Amsterdam (click on the link to read about my adventures there)!
Thanks for reading and please follow for more! ❤
-Brenda
Berlin looks incredible, I’m definitely adding it to my travel bucket list…
Your photos are amazing, great post 🙂
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Yess! It’s really worth going 🙂 thanks bb ❤️
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You guys look so cute!!!!!!!!
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Aww love you 💕
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Wow, these photos are amazing! X
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Aww thank you so much ❤️❤️
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Great pictures! I love Berlin. It’s my favorite city in Europe to live in. Btw, if you’ve been inside many castles or old palaces in Europe with ornate and elaborate decor, that’s pretty much how it is inside of Charlottenburg Palace. But, it was still worth going inside though, as well as walking around the gardens. Perhaps on your next visit, you’ll get a chance! I guess we don’t always get to see everything on a visit. For me, that Dome building you explored, I totally missed that!
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Aww omg I can’t believe I miss Charlottenburg Palace! I was looking forward to it until it was closed 😭😭 yess you really should visit the dome building! I was absolutely blown away by the architect! Hope you get a chance to go back ❤️
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I definitely will! I love Germany!
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Gorgeous pictures!
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Aw thanks so much! 💞💞
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Berlin is definitely one of the places I want to visit one day. This is a great post and awesome photos! I also wanted to let you know that I have nominated you for the Real Neat Blog Award 🙂 I enjoy reading all your travel posts, because I myself love traveling, so that’s one of the reasons I have nominated you and also because I love the theme and style of your blog. Here’s the link for more info on the award, https://blissfulboho.wordpress.com/real-neat-blog-award/
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Ohmygoodness thank you so much! That truly means a lot!! 💞 about to board a flight now but I’ll def check it out once I’ve landed ahh! Thanks again! You’ve made my entire week! ❤️
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Wow that’s so cool!! Hope you have a great time wherever you’re traveling to 🙂 and it’s a pleasure.
Save travels x
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Safe* travels I mean haha 🙂
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It looks like I’m doing the same trip as you next month! I just finished reading your Amsterdam post. Amazing photos in this post too and thanks for sharing. I am super excited to go now 🙂 Have a great day!!!
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Aww thank you so much! You are too sweet!! ❤️❤️ I hope you have a blast on your trip hehe 💞
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Beautiful, beautiful pics!! I also love all the pictures of you and your friends! And the food of course, noms! Thank you for sharing 🙂 I hope I can make it there one day!
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Aww thanks for the sweet comments bby ❤️❤️ I hope you get a chance to visit one day too!
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this looks amazing!!! 😀 I am going to berlin next year, and I am so excited to see all these sights! 🙂 xx
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Omgg have tons of fun!!! Definitely visit all the sights, especially the Reichstag!
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Beautiful!!!
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❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Great post! I nominated you for the awesome blogger award, I hope you can participate!
https://kristinaswansonblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/26/awesome-blogger-award/
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Aww thank you so much! I will def try to when I find the time ❤️
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Great post! I love Berlin, it is a city that pulls me back. Love the images in this post, looks like a good time had by all. Looking forward to browsing the rest of your posts.
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Aww this means so much! Thank you!! ❤️❤️
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Wooow!! What a great post, sounds like you guys had a lot of fun!! Love the photos- especially the ones in the dome thingie!! Great stuff xx
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Aww thanks so much!! Yess we had a blast! Def would 100% go again!
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Hi Bren
I have nominated you for The Sunshine Blogger Award, because your blog brings sunshine to people’s lives 🙂 https://wordpress.com/post/liannemarissa.com/2864
Would love to read your responses to my questions
Much love,
Lianne x
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It looks like you had a great time! Love the pictures ❤️
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Aww thank you!
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Loved the part where you had to flap your arms :)))) for chicken. Going to Berlin next month, shall make sure to visit all the places. And hope I will get awesome choice of vegetarian food.
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Oh you’re going to love it! Do let me know how it goes hehe 🙂
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