As soon as I could I was out & about wandering around my local Berlin area. I was for about 35 mins when I came to the most well-known of the shopping strips - Kurfurstendamm. People were everywhere, out spending their hard earned cash.
The Tourist Info centre was an experience. The guy there didn’t really think I needed any information & didn’t give me anything to read. He said that most tourists buy a book on Berlin & that I should have done this. When I asked if the drinking water here is safe, he laughed out loud & stated quite matter-of-factly that it’s some of the best drinking water in the world (as if I should dare to question German quality). Anyway, I purchased a 72 hour travel pass there for 22 euros that enabled me to travel by any public transport method in that period.
It was a really hot afternoon, & everywhere along the shopping strip there were fruit juice & ice-cream stands. I finally succumbed & purchased 2 scoops of Movenpick ice-cream - DELICIOUS!!!
I wandered past the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, a church that was bombed in WW2, & whose pastor had assisted in the resistance against the Nazis. Luckily, it survived, though only partly intact.
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