right on bro!

I´ve been in Berlin for a day now. I am staying at a hostel in the Mitte (central) area, near the TV tower in the former East German side, typing from one of the Internet terminals here.

Even though I´ve lost my cell phone, Berlin has been a solid bust - it´s modern and clean (at least most parts), and everyone I´ve encountered here has been super friendly. I spent the day walking around Mitte. First off was the Checkpoint Charlie museum, where a sign proclaims that their visitor list has included, amongst others, Roger Moore and Sylvester Stallone. Well, hell, if it´s good enough for them, it´s good enough for me.

After that, it was up to Potsdamer Platz, of which the architecture was simply amazing. Then, the Holocaust Memorial, Brandenburg Tor (there´s a Starbucks there now), and the Reichstag.

For dinner, I went to the Prater beer garden. The garden itself was closed but the restaurant was open, so I had hefeweizen, some sort of sausage, mashed potatoes, and sauerkraut. It was like, ten times better than the Red Lion, which is already good in itself.

Miscellaneous notes:

There are a lot of Dunkin´ Donuts here.

The German that I studied in high school and college is helping. I managed to ask for directions to the bathroom in Potsdamer Platz, and I understood the response. So, wherever you are, Frau Babcock, thanks.

For Steve Huang: I ate some apfelkuchen today. It was pretty good.