Well, sunday or monday quickly turned into wednesday, as I discovered just how big berlin really is. Found some great art galleries, but didnt make it to the pergamon. Will have to make it up in Amsterdam.

Found a really great gallery in an old squat that had been hollowed out for some artists space, a bar and cinema. A really great atmosphere with some really talented modern artists and sculptors. Managed to discover some great berlin bars that night too, and partied way too late. The next morning we checked out the german baths, where you need to get naked (hi podders!) and roam around some really great baths. Not quite as impressive as Hungary (50 year old naked german women hahaha) but still an experience!

Spent the next day touring the city by beach cruiser bikes, which was a great way to see the city, especially the tiergarten park where the operators werent too happy with us bunnhopping, skidding and endo-ing their bikes! But a litre stein went a long way at the halfway point and riding became a little more dangerous. Managed to squeeze in a bit of shopping for some new shoes to replace the ones that got ripped dancing two nights before.

Spent my whole last day in Berlin chasing up accomodation for Amsterdam, which is completely full because of queens day. Couldnt find anything but still came, and found a dump of a place with 16 bed dorms that is definitely the worst hostel yet. Sjoerd has put me up tonight, which is fantastic, so I have a clean roof over my head. Then onto the bulldog tomorrow, which sounds like a great hostel. But queens day today was an amazing sea of orange all over amsterdam. I cant even describe it, but the city tomorrow will be a mess of beer cans and orange streamers.