Berlin

Well Ive been in Berlin since Wednesday, and I have to say I like it. Its been one of the few places thats really stood out as a place i could see myself living. If I end up starting the new year unemployed, as is looking to be a real option, then Berlin will definitly join my list of acceptable job locations. Though my lack of knowing german could be an issue there, but im proud to say i can atleast count to 9 now (10 still escapes me.

Today i did a tour of the old berlin bunkers, including an old WW2 bunker and a modernish train station (1973 if i recall correctly) that was built to double as a nuclear fallout shelter. Its been interesting to be somewhere with such recent war history after the rest of europe where the interesting history stopped after WW2, while hear in Berlin its run right up till the 90s.

Tomorrow i think its time to start heading west again, i have to be in Paris by the end of the month, and i still want to make it to quite a few more destinations before i leave at the end of the month. I think the plan is to go visit another camino friend in Essen, but I as were both highly disorganised, we havent arranged anything yet!