Berlin

Berlin

Well the day started off like any other. Wake up, shower, and pack. We headed down to the bar/cafe and got the usual hostel breakfast; cereal, fruit, breads, cheese, ham, salami, and hard boiled eggs. Afterwards we decided to take off for Centraal Station to see if we could get on a train to Berlin. The agent said we could however we had to change trains in Hilversum with only a 4 minute window. Luckily our terminal was on the same platform just opposite sides. So from there we trekked on for about 5.5 more hours before getting to Berlin with some stops along the way. Once we got to out stop we headed for the tourist info center we were guided to our hostel and bought passes for the subway. Here's were it got a little interesting. We headed down what we thought was the right platform and got on a train. Common sense never factored in at this point. Before long we decided to get off and figure out what the hell was going on. We realized we had hopped on the wrong thing and now we were "uh-oh" mode. We noticed only one subway went through here and we should take that to get back to where we needed to. However this route was an out-of-the-way roundabout way of getting to our destination. We finally arrived at our stop and found our hostel. We settled in and then headed out to grab some dinner. We looked for a place close by and within reason. We decided on Maya, a Mexican restaurant and apparently Indian restaurant too. Hungry nonetheless I ate the burrito despite it's complete lack of any attempt at some authenticity. But as hungry as I was I took what I could get. We returned to the hostel to crash our. Overall this hostel is really, really nice. Great location with everything brand new yet I believe all of it was purchased at Ikea. A few of the hostels have been that way. One of the drawbacks thus far is the location. In the middle if everything, yes including the noise of the busy street outside.