Spending Our First Hot Day in Berlin, Germany!

Our hotel was right behind the Berlin Hauptbahnhof Train Station

We landed in the Berlin airport after a seven hour flight on Air Canada!

In Toronto, many travelers hail taxis from the airport to their houses which would normally cost  between Can.$ 60 - 100.00 depending on where the person lives in the city.

However, we have heard the transportation system is well developed in Europe, therefore, we planned to take the public transport as much as possible on this trip.

The Hauptbahnhof Station - a modern and beautiful station in Berlin 

We were impressed at how easy and reasonable the public bus was going from the Berlin Airport to our downtown hotel. We took the TXl to our hotel. 

( The bus fare was only 2.8 Euros / person!)  Tired and with a few pieces of luggage with us, we decided to take a taxi to our hotel. We were unaware that our hotel was just right behind the train station!

We had our first meal at a Berlin restaurant inside the train station

J. has already checked in resting at the hotel. It was so good to see him! 


















We ate dinner at a restaurant in the train station, spending time to catch up with one another. 

He looked tired and jet-lagged

We enjoyed our time together and the food was good!

We also liked our hotel as it was located in an excellent location.










We  could easily walk to a few attractions.

Berliners relaxing by the river on a hot summer evening.

 After dinner, we walked across a bridge passing by many Berliners relaxing on lawn chairs by the river

















We also walked by a few grand buildings including the Reich Stag.

















It was a lovely evening, we lied on the grass enjoying the summer breezes and fell sleep for a few moments.













It was a rare moment for the three of us relaxing together on a summer evening.
It was an excellent way to start our European vacation in Berlin! 

J. also took us to the Brandenburg Gate where for over forty years, divided Germany into east and west right at that location. ( I took some pictures there with my cell but could not find them later.)

Though we did a lot of walking for our first day in Berlin, I was anxious to give him the presents we brought him. As soon as we went back to the hotel, we asked him to open them. However, we wish we had listened to him and bought his gift at the Canada Computer Store rather than from Best Buy.  J. pointed out to us about the poor screen quality on the machine. Well, we live and learn every day!

R.T.
Berlin, Germany
Day 1
p.s. My laptop did not work after the first night we landed in Europe, therefore unable to post until now.