The Berlin - Warsaw Express

Last train journey on the Interrail pass. From Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Warszawa central.

Berlin

Berlin is vast and fascinating. I was staying in the Freidrichshain region, part of former East Germany.

Berlin Hauptbahnhof, the central station built in 2006. It is huge. Another station that is more like a shopping centre than a station. There are 5 floors inside with trains leaving from the top and bottom floors. Fact of the day... 1800 trains call at the station everyday and the daily number of passengers is estimated at 350000 per day.

Leipzig - East Germany's second largest city apparently.

I was only in Leipzig for a couple of hours on the way from Dresden to Berlin.

Leipzig' station is less like a station and more like a shopping centre.

Hotter but not as Hectic Dresden

Dresden is elegant, distinctly un touristy and the perfect antidote to Prague.

It was however, just as hot, if not hotter, well into the 30s which makes being an efficient tourist impossible. Which is why I spent most of the day asleep, under a tree in the huge (as the name suggests) Grosser Garten park. The bottom picture shows the view I had. The park had a little toy stream train that rattled past every half an hour as a well as a huge outdoor concert arena, so I was also treated to the sound of a euro rock band doing their sound check.

Disaster Day (It wasn't really that bad)

My room mate wakes me up at 5am. I then fall back into a deep sleep and end up leaving late for the station. This hostel was really expensive but breakfast was included so I intended to get my moneys worth. The sun is already blazing at 10 am, I run all the way to the station with my 16 kilo backpack and arrive a sweaty mess. At this point I also start to regret having so much food at breakfast. I arrive at the station with minutes to spare.

I love Munich

Karlzplatz, Marienplatz, Odeonsplatz.

Olympic Park Munich

Loved the Olympic park and could have spent all day here. Considering the Munich Olympics were in 1972, the park and Olympic buildings didn't look dated at all. Was not expecting to see a couple of nudists trying to get an all over tan though.

Amsterdam to Munich

I left my lovely hostel near the Bijlimer Arena at 9am and got to my horrible and expensive hostel in Munich at 7pm.

A long day spent mostly on one of these ICE trains. I love that the driver is waving at me