Today I woke up at 7.30!! To go to Ikea! We went there around 9am, and we had breakfast there. I had loads to eat. You can choose so much. So I had a plate of smoked salmon, cheese and salami, with 2 mini breadrolls. Then I had some strange small meatball that Germans eat and scrambled eggs. It was surprisingly delicious!! We eventually got home at about 12.30, after hours of drooling over massive beds and beautiful kitchens. My fingers were close to falling off on the way home after carrying everything back!!
So naturally I had a nap in the afternoon after my lunch.
We then planned to meet up around 6 in central Berlin, so we could go to the zoo. At the moment, until next Sunday, there is a thing on in Berlin called the Festival of Lights. Basically, anything famous in Berlin is luminated in different colours, and some in patterns. So on the website it says that the zoo is lit up as well! So, we paid our 6€ and were excited and went in to try to find Knut, the polar bear.
So, it turns out that we paid 6€ to see 3 different bushes lit up in green. And the only animal that was out was sea lions. Luckily they were cute so it wasn't all bad. We then discovered that three quarters of the zoo was sectioned off so we couldn't go there. So we only managed to see some sea lions. Needless to say we were extremely disappointed. We did manage to fill up 25 minutes there though.
After we left, we decided to get on a bus which goes past all the famous places to see if anything else (that was free) was lit up. It turns out that almost everything was in different lights. I took about 70 photos but here are just a few of them! [exactly the same as those posted on facebook]. If you click them, they'll become bigger.
We then planned to meet up around 6 in central Berlin, so we could go to the zoo. At the moment, until next Sunday, there is a thing on in Berlin called the Festival of Lights. Basically, anything famous in Berlin is luminated in different colours, and some in patterns. So on the website it says that the zoo is lit up as well! So, we paid our 6€ and were excited and went in to try to find Knut, the polar bear.
So, it turns out that we paid 6€ to see 3 different bushes lit up in green. And the only animal that was out was sea lions. Luckily they were cute so it wasn't all bad. We then discovered that three quarters of the zoo was sectioned off so we couldn't go there. So we only managed to see some sea lions. Needless to say we were extremely disappointed. We did manage to fill up 25 minutes there though.
After we left, we decided to get on a bus which goes past all the famous places to see if anything else (that was free) was lit up. It turns out that almost everything was in different lights. I took about 70 photos but here are just a few of them! [exactly the same as those posted on facebook]. If you click them, they'll become bigger.
in order:
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche (This was bombed in the WWII, leaving a massive whole in the ceiling. A new church is built next to it.
Entrance to the Elephant entrance to the zoo.
Hotel Adlon. (V.posh hotel next to the Brandenburg Gate where Michael Jackson hung his baby out the window)
Brandenburg Gate. (This was illuminated in many colours. I took a short video, maybe I'll try to post that next.)
Unter den Linden. (Long road leading towards the Brandenburg Gate.)
Unter den Linden.
Fernsehturm (Berlin TV tower - there is a view point and a revolving restaurant at the top.)
Deutscher Dom, Gendarmenmarkt. (German cathedral.)
Französischer Dom, Gendarmenmarkt. (French cathedral)
Konzerthaus, Gendarmenmarkt.
Note to Mum, Dad, Grandma and James: The last 3 pics are where we are staying in November. If you look carefully behind the German cathedral, you can see "Hilton" written =)
Edit: I managed to upload my videos to youtube.
Brandenburg Gate - no need for sound
Unter den Linden comedy opera house. Very short - almost pointless!
The other is still processing at the moment... but it should work by the time someone reads this... if you click on my username charlotterichards on youtube, it should send you to the videos, where the other will hopefully be :)
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche (This was bombed in the WWII, leaving a massive whole in the ceiling. A new church is built next to it.
Entrance to the Elephant entrance to the zoo.
Hotel Adlon. (V.posh hotel next to the Brandenburg Gate where Michael Jackson hung his baby out the window)
Brandenburg Gate. (This was illuminated in many colours. I took a short video, maybe I'll try to post that next.)
Unter den Linden. (Long road leading towards the Brandenburg Gate.)
Unter den Linden.
Fernsehturm (Berlin TV tower - there is a view point and a revolving restaurant at the top.)
Deutscher Dom, Gendarmenmarkt. (German cathedral.)
Französischer Dom, Gendarmenmarkt. (French cathedral)
Konzerthaus, Gendarmenmarkt.
Note to Mum, Dad, Grandma and James: The last 3 pics are where we are staying in November. If you look carefully behind the German cathedral, you can see "Hilton" written =)
Edit: I managed to upload my videos to youtube.
Brandenburg Gate - no need for sound
Unter den Linden comedy opera house. Very short - almost pointless!
The other is still processing at the moment... but it should work by the time someone reads this... if you click on my username charlotterichards on youtube, it should send you to the videos, where the other will hopefully be :)
1 comment:
Lovely piccies, Charlotte. Very funny story about the zoo!
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