24 July – 27 July
Had never been to the Eastern side of Germany before, so really enjoyed our quick trip to Dresden and Berlin. Particularly for the history. Spent hours reading all the billboards on Berlin’s history both at Checkpoint Charlie and Alexanderplatz. Really interesting, and hard to imagine the limitations on people’s travel and movements, that it was only 20 years ago that the wall came down and Germany formed the Republic it is today. Both Dresden and Berlin are beautiful cities, lots of parkland, beautiful buildings... Really enjoyed it, even got a day of sunshine to enjoy Berlin! Randomly found a Russian bookstore where we were hoping to buy some maps, which they didn’t have. Got to try out some of my Russian though and she understood me... so have a little more confidence now!
We need to enter Russia on 15 August so still have 3 weeks left... weren’t sure whether to spend more time in Germany or in the Baltics, but then met Marek from Poland who insisted we visit lots of places there, so looks like about 10 days in Poland! Looking forward to it.
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