Beautiful Berlin

I have always had a long list of places I wanted to visit, a few I've done already - but there's plenty more that I need to see.

Berlin has always been one of those cities.

Back in June, I finally got to go to Berlin for 6 days and I'm already planning to go again.

Berlin has always been one of them places that stood out to me with its heritage, history and reputation for good food. 

The flight to Berlin was short but bumpy towards the end as I arrived in the middle of thunder, lightening and rain storm. I instantly forgot that as I stepped out of the airport and realised I was finally there in Berlin, Germany.

Landing late meant that it was dark when I made my way from the airport to my hotel - it also meant it was quicker and easier to get a taxi to the hotel instead o the bus/train as was originally planned. The taxi driver was nice but all I was bothered about was looking out the window at my temporary surroundings - it looked so beautiful even in the night time. I couldn't wait to go exploring.

The next day I decided to walk round and get my bearings whilst seeing what sights were in and around my hotel. After food and walking what seemed like miles I finally found my way toward the Berlin Zoo (even though I'm pretty sure I went an extremely long way for what I later found out was a short distance). I chose to go the zoo later on in my trip, saving the best till last. Will write more about that later.

Even though just walking around Berlin is great to see all of the sights and everything, I found that an open top bus tour was brilliant for seeing all I wanted to see in one day and I was able to hop on hop off making it extra great!! The price of the bus tour was great too - perfect if you're on a budget.

I will post more pictures from my trip in a second blog post after this one ... there are so many to choose from.

I didn't know this myself before I went, but Berlin was voted one of the best nights out in Europe. When I went, it certainly didn't disappoint.

I totally enjoyed my time in Berlin, especially when it came to the zoo. It was so much fun and a lot bigger than I thought - you will need a whole morning to go round the zoo and aquarium it is that big. And, it is a bargain price as well.

As mentioned earlier, I will do another post next with more pictures from my fantastic trip to Berlin. If you like to travel, are looking for a new place to go or have just always wanted to visit Germany - I would definitely recommend Berlin as it really is one of the best cities I have ever visited.

NEW YORK CITY!

New York, New York, it's a hell of a town!!!!

 

Sounds like a cliché, but it's true. New York is such a fantastic town with so many things to do that there's a good chance you'll book to go again.

It wasn't my first time visiting New York back in March this year, I had been twice before, but I was still excited to do the things I hadn't on the previous trips. 

As soon as you step foot out of the airport, everything is just bigger and better than back at home. This includes the traffic, which was awful when getting from JFK into New York itself - what with all the big cars, big queues and beeping, you wonder if you'll ever get to the picture perfect view of New York that you've had in your head all along.

Once you get to Times Square that all changes, some people may not like how busy the streets are or all of the noise but I honestly love the hustle and bustle of it and how everyone is busily going about their day to day business whilst you're only entering it for a few days or just longer. 

   


I find the whole place fascinating. 

My trip to New York included some things I had never done before like walking across the Brooklyn Bridge, visiting Dash NY and going to Madame Tussaud's ( a personal fave of mine since I have always wanted to go whilst in NYC and have only been to the Blackpool one before now). 

 

If I had my way, I'd move to New York in a heartbeat, I just love the city! 

People are so friendly all the time, which is a nice change from how it can be in other cities ( not mine, I have to say the people of Liverpool are the nicest people who will genuinely do anything to help someone in need).

I just loved getting up and hearing the noise from Times Square as my hotel was pretty central in it, getting ready for the day and then making my way to the little cafe we went to most mornings for breakfast. The owners of the cafe were always so chatty and the different things you could order for breakfast was brilliant - i went for scrambled eggs and toast - absolutely amazing with the little onion in the eggs, made my day. 

The breakfast's in New York really do set you up for the day.




One of my favourite days has to be when we all went on a trip down to Strawberry Fields. After looking round and buying a picture from one of the stalls - we just kept walking and walking, ended up finding the American version of TKMaxx, having a look in there and before we knew it, it had begun to go dark. Sometimes, there is that much to do that you're just doing stuff and don't realise the time. I love there being so much to do though, I like seeing it all and experiencing it. 



Going in March, I expected it to be freezing or at least cold enough to have to wear the big coat I took, but it wasn't. Some of the days we were walking round in t-shirts and cardigan's enjoying the sun. It was a particularly nice day when we watched the St. Patrick's Day parade through the streets, the amount of effort put in and the atmosphere was just amazing - for me, my day was made seeing someone else wearing Liverpool merchandise who were nice enough to say 'hello' or 'come on the redmen' since we were playing Utd that night for the second leg of our Europa league clash. It felt good!

When it came to the day to come home, it was safe to say I didn't want to leave. Yes, I wanted to see my friends, have a girly night out and give them the gifts I'd got them from New York - but I was going to miss this city.

I honestly think my city, Liverpool, is the best city in the world and I wouldn't swap it for anywhere.....unless New York came calling.....then I'd have to split my time between the two <3