Once again we are off to Berlin, or as we thought! Turns out the trains had another thing planned… We were able to get to on to our train with no problem. However we realized that there were no seats without reservations, we asked the conductor if it was okay if we just sat on the ground and said it was fine. Our plan was to find a seat once we got the main station to grab a reserved seat that no one claimed. However once we got comfortable on the floor we and got to the main station we then realized there was no hope! Some background information for you: the Germans train Union went on strike yesterday just for the day and this weekend is a holiday in Germany. When the train arrived to the main station so many people came on that there was no room whatsoever to move through the aisles! The train was held at the platform and the conductors announced that they would not leave until people got off the train or at least that is what we got translated to us! Half an hour later, and with no one leaving the train they said that everyone staring must immediately leave, within an instant everyone standing plummeted to then ground. The conductors weren’t so please and got the police to take everyone off of the train that was not seated in proper seat! So yeah, we got kicked off by the police! Feels like I was in a train sit in protest! They organized an extra train to come an hour later to go only to Berlin for the 250 people waiting on the platform. When the platform finally showed that a train was going to come there was a 15 minute wait which turned into a 45 minutes wait. No one was really pleased, but the train did eventually come and we made it Berlin eventually!
Once we finally arrived we went to the inside of the Topography of Terrors unlike our last day trip where we never made it inside since there was so much information to read outside! It provided a much more detailed and informative information about the how the Nazi Regime rose to power and the crimes they committed. We then went on a walking tour, recommended by Jeff ( thanks Jeff)! We throughly enjoyed it! Our tour guide was so informative and knew such a substantial amount about the history and architect within Berlin. I was able to learn so many interesting facts that I would have never been able to know unless I was with a local. After the tour needed it was already 8pm!! Lets just say that the train delayed our plans for the day. So with that we made our way to our hostel. We passed through museum island and what must be the restaurant district. We grabbed some food along the way and made it to our hostel! Our room was so much nicer than the last hostel we stayed at in Bruges. It had a full kitchen, a seek soaker tub and even a hammock for only 6 others. We went at explored the rest of our hostel and ended up attempting to play a few games of pool before we called it a night!