Berlin, Nuremberg, Austria
First off, let me say it. Austria is AMAZING. Maybe it’s just the hostel I’m at, but it’s fucking amazing here. There are guitars in the lobby just hanging out waiting for you to play. And the internet kiosks run linux. How bad ass is that?
Berlin was interesting. Too many damn kids at the hostel. Very strange, we’re talking 10-14 year olds in droves all smoking and drinking. It’s 16 to drink here and people even feel that’s too late. What the fuck. Gross. Really gross.
The city is pretty huge and sprawling, and is a stark contrast from a place like Frankfurt. Very urban, very ex-soviet feeling… and that’s the west too. We checked out the old checkpoint charlie and a holocaust memorial. I didn’t realize the majority of jews that were murdered were from Poland. Well I did, just didn’t realize the numbers difference. Horrible. But a perfect memorial.
We did Nuremberg in a day. I figured there’d be more nazi memorials, blah blah, there considering all the trials and rallies went on there. It’s just touristy trap garbage.
Austria though. I’m really excited for this one. We’ll see what tomorrow’s like.