Big Trip 09 Highlights - Berlin

3 days in Berlin to visit the lovely Marko and Kathryn. Basically, Marko did all the heavy lifting for us including booking our excellent accommodation and taking time off work in order to drive us around the major tourist sites.

Berlin is a very cool city. In an odd way it reminded me of Melbourne in that there is no obvious, spectacular centre but plenty of groovy neighbourhoods with interesting cultural scenes and nightlife. My favourite spot was a bar built on wooden pontoons floating on a canal. Funky.

Song of the trip: (to the tune of Mississippi Goddam) "Everybody knows about the pretty city Potsdam"

Quote of the trip: "Would it be inappropriate to change Barnaby's nappy on the Holocaust memorial?"