020 - sat 20/05/2006 - london/berlin

we were less than rested when we boarded our plane to berlin. and there was no inflight entertainment on ryan air, but that was fine because it was dirt cheap. yes! as cheap as dirt! and i'm not talking any of that fancy expensive dirt. oh no. cheap dirt cheap.

we got into berlin feeling dazed but excited, and caught the train to our hostel, the well renowned circus hostel in the mitte district. we spent the afternoon wandering around the nearby areas, including the nearby museuminsel (museum island). we found a flea market, and a jazz marathon. i was disappointed to find out that the jazz marathon wasn't just the one band playing for 48 hours, or some extended neverending jam. or perhaps jazz performed while running for 40-something kilometres. we ended our walk by getting ice cream.

back at our hostel we had a nap. then we headed out to a vietnamese place a couple of streets down that was recommended by 'the book' (our lonely planet europe guidebook). after dinner the sun had come mostly down, and the bar at the circus hostel was beginning to fill up. we watched the eurovision song contest on a big screen during happy hour.

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