B E R L I N WoOOo

.What a cool city...... 

Our group increased by 11 after 2 days- but we managed to break into groups to explore and find some really cool shops. Got some really cool snaps.

Our first hostel experience- stayed at St Christopher's- srsly recommend it. Rooms small but clean and we met some pretty cool people. Really good position in Rosa-Luxemberg- would 100% recommend it after exploring other areas.

Definitely recommend Jewish museum/ Berlin Wall / hiring bikes and heading to the park. Fat tire bike hire is pretty central to Where we stayed. Otherwise there is a bike hire right outside the hostel next to Rosa-Luxemberg plats (train station)

The L U X E G U I D E gave us some good tips and tricks/ pockets to explore.

Recommend getting it!

Burger place:Burgmiester - must eat!

Most epic nightlife you can imagine. Nights start at 2am end at 10am. A lot of places are difficult to get into as they like over 21s (Berghein...watergate) but club Tresor in Kruesberg became a fav! Deep house, dungeon feel, with a pretty cool history behind it. Kreusberg in general has a lot of clubs around it.

So many Vietnamese restaurants around the area - all really delicious! The kebabs/falafel places around Mitte are really delicious and cheap! 

Shoppin the main drag ft kid on scooter

To Ellie! <3

Gals @ the wall

@jewish museum

Streets of berlin

Tiny pizza

Tiny brew

Friends outside st Christopher's 

Day party on the river 

D A Y T E N

Wandered around town for most of the morning -came across these cute markets in the main square.. had Brekky in our apartment 

We took a trip up to the main tower in the middle of old town square. A really old rustic building, a bit game of thrones like actually! and when you arrive at the top you can overlook the whole of Prague and Its amazing architecture. 

After this we stepped back out in the busy square only to be sprayed by waiters with hoses in street. Was very refreshing on the 35 degree day! 

Today was the best afternoon of the trip yet!!! We walked to the Pague castle - about a 2.5 km walk uphill in the 35 degree heat- but so worth it!!! The view is honestly the most brilliant thing ever.. Not to mention the lush gardens surrounding the castle. We wandered around the castle + witnessed heroin addicts stealing money out of the wish fountain ..10 bottles of Rose at the most amazing restaurant- a table over looking the whole of Prague. We sat for ages and watched the sunset/Prague city turn their lights on.. Could not recommend something more!! 

Prague not so great for shopping, or eating.. But has a really relaxed easy-going fun feel.. We were sad to miss out on seeing their river culture due to the flooding 2 weeks ago- but we reckon a river boat cruise would be fun or a paddle-boat adventure!

- our area had a lot of up-market designer stores (Prada + Louis + Hermes) but we managed to stumble across a few cool boho-type stores that had cool one-off pieces! 

Would recommend spending your time in Prague up around the castle- + drinking a lot of wine! 

Leaving for Berlin in the morning- a 3 hour train!

View from the top 

Gettin sprayed 

D A Y N I N E

Day 1 Prague- 

Appologies for the delayed post.... both of us have lost our phones since leaving Amsterdam.. awesome! And wifi has been hard to find

After hopping off what felt like the worlds quickest flight we arrived in prague late at night. As we had a few wines on the flight we were all keen to check out Prague's nightlife and vexcited to meet up with will! We went to a 5 story club which is in the top 5 clubs in Europe.

It had a different music genre for every level- played everything from house music to the Grease soundtrack.. Interesting crowd (a lot of tourists) but a lot of fun! 

Currency change over (in Czech dollars) is so confusing- we realised you divide Czech $ by 17 to get AUD...

Harry arrived today! We all sat by the river and had a long lunch with bottles of rosé- food here is pretty gross- super stodgy .. Recommend just doing Italian (pizza / pasta ) although Harry braved and quite liked the Czech food... 

At 4pm we did a Segway tour around Prague- highly recommend it!!! Didn't necessarily learn much in regards to Pragues history or anything vital about the city, but it helped us get our bearings and was a lot of fun (and funny given there were a few stacks)

Dinner at an Italian restaurant up the road from where we are staying before heading to a club called Roxy and then the 5-story club. Recommend Roxy on a busy night , deep house DJs, central location and nice venue.

We walked around the city at night and we felt surprisingly very safe (could have something to do with the boys) ... But people were really friendly!

Flowers @ the markets in town square

D A Y E I G H T

Day 8- Have had a blast here in Amsterdam! we're keen to get to Prague! Our final morning in Amsterdam spent at Anne Frank house- the highlight of the trip so far! €9 for a pretty incredible tour of Anne Frank's place of hiding- inspired us all to read The Diary of Anne Frank! day in Amsterdam was spent tramming around the city exploring! 

Coming at you Prague!!

See ya l8er Amsterdam! 

D A Y S E V E N

Day 7 today! Thanks for the weather Amsterdam!! Finally tonnes of sunshine made for the perfect day to rent bikes! Went to a bike rental shop called the 'yellow bike' in Nieuwezijds boorvurgwal, just near central station. Ended up being £12 for the day. 

We ventured all round the city with the bikes, and eventually made our way to the red light district. The district once famous for its whore houses located next to the port where sailors would return to land- is now it's scattered with sex stores and porn shops .

We ended up finding a cute place for lunch located in the district (will post exact location later), which had lots of organic foods - quiches, tarts, hearty sandwiches.

 

had a traditional Dutch waffle with Nutella and strawberries!

Low-key takeaway dinner and wine at home! 

D A Y S I X

Amsterdam biggest surprise yet! Totally did not expect to fall in love with this place- but we all have!! So so so pretty - food isn't great, but so many funny things to look at.

Sex shops. Weed at every corner. Magic mushrooms !! So hilarious + such a culture shock!! 

The scenery is amazing, lots of canals with bridges and cobbled paths leading you down little side streets littered with quirky vintage shops. 

The first day started with a quick brekky at a really cool bakery near central station.  We then purchased a double ticket for the city sightseer, hop on hop off bus and the Van Gough museum priced at £28. If wanting to do touristy things double up on two attractions for a cheaper price! the deals are everywhere. 

In the afternoon visited a 'coffee shop' and transported our goods to Vondel park for lunch..

En route we found a shop we found a really cute set of shops just off Dam Square. Really reccomend Lucies, equiverlant to " beeds and buttons galore" just way cooler. Thousands of beeds and charms with coloured leather string, you can even design and create your own necklace / bracelets!

Take away dinner at a little Thai restaurant up the road from our apartment before wine and a night out. We were amazed at how cool all their bars/ nightlife were.. We hit up sugar factory to listen to deep house local DJs. 

All in all a great start to Amsterdam- ticking all boxes!  

@ van gough museum

The canal at dinner time

Breakfast bakery

Some great ppl in Vondel park

Hello Amsterdam!