My solo weekend trip to Berlin was certainly an adventure. Without a working phone, I had to rely on locals and a map to navigate my way through the city – I know, so old school, right? On top of this challenge, the weather was absolutely dreary. Regardless, I had an incredible experience in this giant, modern city.
On day one of my trip, I participated in an AirBnb experience: Wake Up Yoga! There, I did some challenging yoga (only challenging because I was out of shape) and had a yummy vegan breakfast.
Two German yogis assisted me on my travel to my next location, which was the Judisches Museum. Here, I furthered my education of the Holocaust and how it affected the Jewish people, especially Jewish Germans.
The architecture consisted of tall corridors and sharp corners – very contemporary and very fascinating to look at while moving through the building. Unfortunately the Memory Void was closed at the time (dang).
After this I took an uber to a mall that boasted over 300 stores! There, I tried to retrieve a sim card but I failed to bring my passport for validation. It was a rather frustrating time so I continued my trip without internet access. While mooching the mall wifi, I found a show nearby called “The ONE Grand Show” at Palast Berlin. It was very similar to Cirque Du Solei and very entertaining!
I will say, although traveling without internet was frustrating, it was a whole new experience and navigating with a map was probably my favorite of the trip.
On day two of my trip, I woke up to an even more dreary sky. It was raining! Good thing, my first activity on the agenda was to visit a museum! I went to the Neues Museum and saw the bust of Nefertiti as well as some other interesting artifacts such as the Berlin Gold Hat. There was also an exhibition that presented artifacts from both ancient China and ancient Egypt.
Once I wrapped up here, I went to walk the East Wall Gallery. I tried my best to document the walls, but it was raining sideways!
Once I made it to the end, I didn’t know what to do next! I hopped into a taxi and made my next impulsive choice – go to the…zoo?
The Berlin zoo was a fun way to kill some time. They also had an aquarium that certainly had more children than sea life. Once I made my rounds there, I asked a worker who spoke English where I should end my night. She recommended a local photography museum.
As I made my way to this museum, I walked past the Christmas markets locals were building since Christmastime was right around the corner. I also stopped to see a super cool church called Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and I swear Leo’s Romeo and Juliet could’ve been shot there.
Once I made it to the photography museum, I viewed an interesting exhibition on the top floor about the Cultural Revolution in China. After this, I treated myself to some wurst, went home for bed, and prepared to go back to Denmark the next day.
Bonus material – these were the cats who lived with me in my AirBnb. Aren’t they so funny?
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