We stayed with the parents of Carla, a Couch Surfing friend we had met in Paris, and they treated us with the utmost kindness and hospitality. They fed us delicious food, including an expansive breakfast spread every morning of meats, cheeses, breads and the most amazing collection of homemade jams. I've never known anyone who was so crazy about making jam and also so good at it! The fun thing about breakfast is that we would sit, talk, drink coffee or tea and not even realize that two hours had passed.
When we weren't eating breakfast, we explored the city. Berlin is obviously a city so rich in all kinds of history. We checked out some important and historical sights (Berlin Wall including the East Side Gallery, Holocaust Memorial, Checkpoint Charlie, cool old buildings) and also made sure to get a taste of the artistic and hip side of Berlin (street art, Tacheles).
We spent one evening hanging out with fellow Couch Surfers, a couple evenings watching the Euro Cup, and one night roaming around one of the city parks, passing by hip teenagers playing electronic music on stereos, while we sang Disney songs at the top of our lungs. Of course.
It was also this last night that I decided I wanted to go back to Amsterdam and Carla was going to continue on traveling with Lizzie. It was at this point that the whole universe seemed to shift...
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