A Little Bit Of Everything : Berlin Trip 2014- Day 3

Sunday- Day 3

Again, like the day before we all regretted going to bed so late! We were tired. We all went to breakfast again and all felt pretty ruff. Especially this morning as we had to meet down stairs at 9:00. That morning I had decided to wash my hair and I was rushing like mad to get it dry and try and get out on time! I was a bit late. Again we got on a train and went to a museum called The story of Berlin. I must admit, I was not the most interested. I think my tiredness over came me and all I wanted to do was curl in a ball and sleep. We had a question booklet to fill out in the museum but our teachers were pretty relaxed about whether we filled them out or not which was good. Once we left the museum, we waited outside and got taken by a guide to the Bunker of Berlin. This was fascinating (although I could not stop yawning). The Bunker was deep under ground and can still be used today if there is a nuclear attack! There are many faults with it though. If a nuclear attack took place, it would take 2 weeks to prepare the bunker which would be pretty much useless. Even if the bunker was ready in time, when it was built (around WW2 time) it would only fit less than 1% of Berlins population. You can imagine how small the number would be now. Bearing in mind this place is humongous! I really enjoyed looking in this bunker as although I was already against war, it just enhanced my understanding of how dreadful a nuclear war would be. It was a beautiful day, and extremely hot! We got on a train and headed to a Market next to a beautiful building called the Museum Island. The market had lots of second hand/junk stalls but it did have a beautiful candle stall where the candles were molded into beautiful shapes including flowers. There was also a soap stand run by an American women. It reminded me of the store Lush. It was lovely and they all smelt amazing. Some of us went to go and get an ice cream and they were so nice. I loved lots of things about Berlin but one of them has to be the fact that the ice cream is so cheap there! In touristy places in London or any where else you can pay a fortune for ice cream! Here it was only 1 euro a scoop or about 1.70 at the most. We headed over to the grass area outside the Berlin Cathedral where some people from my school had seemed to get in a water fight with a load of Berliners. To say the least, they got soaked! They even manged to get one of our teachers soaked but luckily she took it well! Once everyone had met up again we took about a 20min walk and ended up at the Ampelmann shop. The Ampelmann have turned into mascots which resemble East Berlin. They are the little men on the traffic lights. They became famous because they are not boring or like the traditional ones. This may sound really dull/boring but these mascots are everywhere around Berlin. You can get them on t-shirts, mugs, hats and there are even sweets of them! I liked where this shop was as it was not very touristy and while walking around the surrounding area, you really got a feel of the real Berlin. After a bit more walking we got given 10 euros and were given 2 hours to go and eat and then meet at Alexandra Platz (a big square with shops and restaurants). To say the least, this was a horrible experience! We walked for an hour and a half and could not seem to find any where that everyone would eat or that was in our price range. It was a nightmare! Eventually we ended up in some pizza place which was part of the station. It was not the best but we were all so fed up of searching for so long that we were prepared to settle for anything! On Alexandra Platz, another protest was going on. I am not sure what for but there were loads of people on roller skates and loads of chalk on the floor where people could write what ever they wanted. Our group all met up again and we got back on the tram back to the hostel. We were going out bowling that evening so we went back to the hostel to get ready and get changed. At around 20:00 we headed out and walked to the bowling alleys. They were not far away, about a 15-20 min walk. When we arrived we put our bowling shoes on and got started! We had a great evening and had lots of fun. We were all buzzing the whole time! When we got out we skipped and sang the whole way home. AGAIN, it was past 11:00 so we had to head to our room. Our room chatted for a long time and we ate biscuits (well mainly me) and just chilled out. We also shouted at people from our window! A late night.....again!