Day 46: BERLIN

This morning we got up just before 8, grabbed our (ever so loved) free breakfast at the hostel and left just after 9. We first headed to a flee market and then met at Brandenburg Gate for our Sandman walking tour at 11. Our tour guide for this tour was originally from Australia but had lived in Berlin the past 5 or so years. He was absolutely hilarious and had a lot of knowledge and fun facts about Berlin along the tour. As soon as the tour began, I already knew my expectations for Berlin would be blown away. Berlin wasn't exactly somewhere I had a real itching to go too, but I'm so beyond glad that I decided to go. 
While it is a larger city, the population is much smaller than what the city was built to hold, so there aren't the annoying crowds and stressful atmosphere a city normally brings. It also has a very grunge feeling to it by the people and graffiti and architecture of buildings. On the tour we saw the different parliament buildings, the Berlin Wall, memorial for the Holocaust, and other historical sites of Berlin. The tour lasted until about 2:30 and then we headed to east side gallery, which was really cool as well. It was frustrating though to see all the markings and graffiti over the artwork of the wall that people had made over time, but I guess that's just dumb people for you. After the gallery, a couple of the girls got curry worst, a Berlin original dish of sausage with curry sauce, which was really good (they let me try it, thanks guys). 
We then headed back to the hostel for about half an hour before to rest and get some drinks for the evening and get dinner. We wanted to eat at a place recommended by another group that had been to Berlin, but it needed a reservation so we found another place called Grand Rocka that had some american and German food choices. I got a beer and schnitzel, which was very tasty. We then headed back to the hostel to get ready to go out for the night. We just hung out in the room, exchanging stories and laughing at each other before heading out to the club around midnight. We went to Club Soda, recommended by the other group, and it was a ton of fun. 
I danced a lot with Laura and other groups of girls we met, and then around 2:30 we all got a little separated and tired, so I found Loren and we headed back to the hostel. While we took and accidental detour by getting on a train heading the wrong destination, we made it back fine and found Amy and Laura in the room when we got back.