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Berlin and Dresden with the Goethe Institute

FRFrancesca1987 ·37 photographs ·6 Aug 2006 – 27 Aug 2006 ·22 days
Where
Berlin, Dresden
When
6 Aug 2006 – 27 Aug 2006
22 days · trip of 2006
Who
Francesca · @Francesca1987 · Roma
How
Travel diary
The story

This trip was spectacular:D! I went to a kind of college, the so-called Goethe Institute, which organises summer courses but also ones longer than a month in German locations where it lets you learn the language properly and by fully immersing yourself in it:D!!! I visited Berlin and Dresden. The course was held in Berlin so unfortunately I could only stay one day in Dresden because it was included in the trip package. We also visited Potsdam.

Berlin is beautiful, very clean; in the evening the clubs and pubs are less expensive than in Italy — just think that in a club paying for the cloakroom costs just one euro and entry is around 5-6 € no more than 10, in short! The thing I found most expensive is water, food a bit less, but a small bottle of water can cost from 1.50€ upwards O_O!!! Anyway it's splendid, and be careful not to walk on the cycle lanes, as cyclists can run you over — and they're entitled to!!! The underground is excellent, and remember to always buy a ticket, because inspectors wander the metro in plain clothes; the buses are truly efficient too. Dresden, on the other hand, is a truly spectacular city. I was struck by its beauty and its architecture. If you want, you can also swim in the canal, or rather soak your feet — I did.

I highly recommend visiting these two cities at least once in your life because it's really worth it:)!!!! Bye everyone ^^ If you have any questions, comment on the post and ask away, bye^^ P.S. I took loads of photos but didn't feel like posting them all here because it's tiring XD! if anyone wants to see them I took like 560 ^^ you can go to my Live Spaces:) bye again everyone and vote for my trip bye:D!

The journey's photographs

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U-Bahn entrance in front of the cylindrical glass building on Kurfürstendamm, BerlinKaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin: damaged stone tower beside dark skyscraperPunk youths sitting on concrete benches, woman in blue hat in foregroundConstruction cranes above shops and the railway bridge in BerlinYellow tram on tracks near Alexanderplatz, TV tower in the backgroundBerlin Cathedral with green dome behind a bridge over the SpreeTelephone booths topped with a soccer ball, busy street with buses and bicycles, BerlinFountain in front of Sanssouci Palace, visitors with umbrellas under grey skyBerlin: crossing with cars and a building wrapped in cloudy printNeptune Fountain bronze statue with water jets, Alexanderplatz, BerlinBerlin tram stop with orange post, led display and brick station behindPeople walk through a covered shopping arcade with Burger King and Coca-Cola signsBlonde woman crosses a cobbled street between apartment buildings and parked carsEntrance with glass windows covered in graffiti, colorful paper figures, concrete stepsBerlin: green-domed cathedral and equestrian statue under grey skyGilded crown atop the Kronentor tower of the Zwinger, DresdenDresden Hofkirche: tourists among flowerbeds and fountain under blue skyDresden Cathedral baroque stone facade with statues, pedestrians under a cloudy skyOlympic rings suspended between two stone pillars, Berlin Olympiastadion, grey skyOpen gates of the Olympiastadion reveal the green pitch and standsBerlin Olympiastadion: green pitch, empty grey stands and blue track under the roofIron gate bearing the inscription Arbeit macht frei, Sachsenhausen memorial, under cloudy skyHuge concrete obelisk with soldier statues at its base, SachsenhausenSubway car interior with seated passengers and yellow grab polesGlass skyscraper above trees and parked cars along the streetPlush lion mascot in white jersey with medal and ball outside a shopBerlin Victory Column with golden angel statue under cloudy sky, cars passing bySoviet Memorial in Tiergarten: stone statue, red flowers, touristsTourists and cyclists walk in front of the Brandenburg Gate, BerlinIlluminated fountains inside a shopping mall, people seated nearbyPeople resting on steps at Potsdamer Platz among glass buildingsBaroque stone fountain with triton statue, cascades and water jets in a parkGerman flag waving in front of the Reichstag in Berlin under cloudy skyShopping mall interior with escalators, blue flags and McDonald's signThe stone tower of Dresden's Hofkirche against a blue skyBerlin's Fernsehturm tower rises above trees and white clouds

1 reader comments

riderbiker · 06/07/2007

ciao sono davide (riderbiker) se non credi a le foto che o pubblicato, ti invito a visitare torino cosi ti faccio da guida e inoltre ti faccio vedere gli album in carta fotografica che o qui a casa!! ciao e a presto..

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