Berlin and Dresden, Germany

Getting passed my grumpy mood, We set off into Berlin at night. Finding the christmas market in city center next to Alexanderplatz, getting our gluhwein of course, and then finding real food. Sit down food. Not brats or pretzels. We tried the Hofbrau Haus but it was busy and we needed a reservation ahead of time. We then made one for the following evening. Nick and I ended up finding a burger spot. Then we found a spot for some drinks, it was a hostel actually but the most lively spot we could find. It seemed to be American themed hostel. Belushi's Hostel.

Next day, we kind of made a list. First things first, the Berlin wall. Nick and I walked along it and took photos for most of the morning and then found Checkpoint Charlie. Next, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, a must see. Brandenburg Gate. Memorial to the Sinti and Roma of Europe. A cheese pretzel break, this time it was warmed up! The Reichstag Building (didn't go inside). Ampelmann store (the cross gaurd figure). Unexpected visit to Error Exhibition in a car shop, only went in to see his dream car that he saw in the window. The History Museum filled with all of the War stuff. Berlin Cathedral. Then, BACK to the christmas market of course for some more gluhwein of course. Another mug. (Spoiler alert, we came back with seven christmas mugs!) Then, we went to the Haufbrau Haus. That's when things got crazy. We met a british couple our age (Sam and Shone [Sean]) and we all just drank and drank in this big drinking hall with liters of beer. I ended up having three whole big liters to myself and Nick had four. I couldn't believe it. I'm surprised we got back to our hostel in one piece.

Morning came unfortunately. Hungover and trying to pack up for our drive to Dresden and Prague. Got breakfast at our spot next to the hostel. Drove on the Oberbaum Bridge (Bruke) towards Checkpoint Charlie for our passport stamp.

Stopped in Dresden really quick to walk around and get something to eat. If you love architecture, go to Dresden. The amount of beautiful buildings are endless. We walked through a few christmas markets of course, got our fourth (maybe fifth) mug full of gluhwein. Walked into several churches. Dresden Frauenkirche I know we definitely walked into. Dresden Castle. Got myself a ring here and tried a hot pocket looking food which wasn't that good but they were everywhere in this city and every one was eating them. Found a Peruvian stand with Cusquena beer and pisco sour drinks, that was really cool I thought. Then back on the road to enter Czech Republic where there was snow around on the highway. And a speed limit for 130km.