Interrailling Day 2 - Beautiful Berlin

We did so much in Berlin today that its almost easier to list the things we didn't do. Took the metro into Potsdamer Platz to visit the Reichstag, I didn't know they remoulded the dome into a fancy glass walkway so I was immensely impressed before I'd even gone through the airport style security. Really gorgeous views up top and a great way to see all of the city.

Afterwards we visited a Jewish memorial site which acted as a Holocaust museum, the best feature was a modern art installation which acted at the main entrance. Over 2000 concrete plinths were laid out in a grid and the deeper you walked, the taller they became, forming an intimidating maze that towered overhead.

Then we took a trip to somewhere I was hugely excited to see: the film museum! The first handful of exhibits all centered around the silent and expressionist era of German filmmaking. All the movies I saw in 6th form were present and there were sections dedicated to The Cabinet of Dr Calagari and Metropolis - it even had the original robot suit from the film. If only my old film studies teacher could see me now.

Following that Rebecca met up with an old work college who recently moved to Berlin. He showed us the East Side Gallery and we strolled around the various hipster districts until we found somewhere cosy to nurse a pint of beer. Weary and a little drunk, we took the metro back home and got a dirty takeaway burger to commemorate the enormity of our day - think we've already done rather well.