I really love Berlin! (except for the weird layout of the keyboard again! Aaaargh!!!!).
I didn´t get a chance to go to an internet cafe yesterday so I would need to remember what I did yesterday! (Why do the Germans swap the location of ´z´ and ´y´ in their keyboard?) Argh!
My last night in Vilnius was uneventful – I went to a local cafe and had dessert and tried their local “Kvass”, apparently it´s a non-alcoholic drink made of barley before it turns into beer? Whatever it was, it tastes great! In the morning, I had to get up early again and go to the Vilnius Airport. The airport isn´t as upgraded as Tallinn´s, the passengers only boarded the plane 15 minutes before we were due to fly! There were 3 flights sharing the same gate, with departure time differing only in 15 minutes. The attendant only ripped the boarding-pass and didn´t even bother to check the name … so I guess Vilnius still has some catching up to do! However, all in all, I still love the city, however, when I chatted to one of the locals, he mentioned that the temperature could get to -32C in Winter!!! Yikes!!!! In Summer the city looks very habitable, but I don´t know if I can live in -32C temperature!
Anyway, I´m in Berlin now … I stayed in a hotel in Kreuzberg district – it was originally part of West Berlin and now known as where the large portion of the Turkish live. The hotel is excellent, the room is minimalist but very tastefully furnished. I feel like staying in an Ikea hotel! Wood-panelled floor and bathroom; old-fashioned fan, etc. It seems that the hotel is owned by three partners, and it is a very nice hotel if you´re thinking of visiting Berlin. The hotel is called Hotel Johann – the neighbourhood, again, could be better, but the hotel is centrally located near a U-Bahn Station and near some of Berlin´s attractions.
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