Exploring Berlin

So, this weekend we picked two more places from the book of 111 Places in Berlin That You Shouldn't Miss. Neither of them was amazing, but we did find a cool spot! 

The first place we headed to was Berliner Balkon, "a balcony on the edge of the city." This was true. It is a big, open field that is probably covered in wildflowers during the summer, but when we were there, it was covered with birds looking for food! We walked around a bit, took the required photo and moved on to the second place on our list.

The Spreepark was supposedly once the biggest fun park in the GDR. Since 2001, it has been abandoned and in the book, you see pictures of the old ferris wheel. We found it without much problem, after parking and walking a bit. Unfortunately, we could not access the actual park. It is only open certain hours to people who participate in guided tours. You have to book the tour online at least 24 hours in advance so we plan to do so another weekend.

We decided to walk around and see what we could find and we came upon the Spree River with lots of restaurants, rental boats and people enjoying beer on the water. We decided to partake. We crossed a big bridge to Insel der Jugund, an island garden where we enjoyed a beer, some German food (read bratwurst and pomme frites) and people watching! It was definitely a nice find and we will be back!


Bucky at Berliner Balkon

Walking to Spreepark

The bridge

Probst!!

A few from the cafe

 

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