Berlin got us good

We finally arrived at the Circus Hostel in Berlin after a nine hour bus ride and almost being abandoned at the one and only stop all night. After little sleep on the bus and arriving at the hostel only to find out that we were too early for check in, Katie and I made ourselves at home on two couches in the hostel lounge area where we slept for five hours.

Eventually we were allowed into the room. We got settled in then went out with our Italian roommate to grab some delicious Döner kabobs and enjoying the free beer Mondays at our hostel. We then set out to explore Berlin.

(Street Graffiti)

Berlin is a giant city with graffiti everywhere--including many famous Banksy works. But when we ran into a large group of Italians singing 90s songs we knew we would be just fine in the enormous city. We wondered with our new friends singing spice girls and space jam ending up at a club called Traesure which was pretty fun until what happened next.

(The Italians)

We were outside when Katie set her purse down for a minute turned away turned back and it was gone. Passport, credit cards, camera, money...everything gone! Eventually after filing a police report, sitting in the US Embassy (where us mature ladies made fart noises waiting in the giant echoing room), going to the consulate, and missing our train she was able to get a temporary passport. Minor bump in the road. Thankfully she hid copies of her passport and some money in her backpack so everything worked out relatively smoothly.

We went on to see the sites of Berlin many reminiscent of the Nazi era in which many of them were built or used (although we didn't know the actual details since everything was in German). 

Berlin was a totally different experience then London and Amsterdam filled with good and bad and quite the adventure. We were able to find a new flight and after saying goodbye to Berlin we set off to meet Nick (Katie's husband) in Zagreb, Croatia.