A day of people-watching and a German theatre experience

Friday 6th August

On the train to Prague - it's out longest journey so far, being five hours and the longest either of us have spent on transport in Europe.  It's alright so far, nothing too exciting has happened.  We keep slowing to almost a standstill and then going again.

Yesterday was bright and sunny and we began our day with the Tier Gardens, to see the Victory tower.  However from quite far away we could see that it was covered in scaffolding.  Bit of a disappointment but we carried on to Museum Island, where there are four museums all next to each other. Beforehand we found a little outdoor theatre and, after some deliberation, decided to treat ourselves to the performance last night - 'Julia and Romeo'.  As we bought tickets the woman asked us 'You do know it's in German?'  We said that yes, we had assumed as much but that we knew the story very well. 

With our tickets bought we walked around the museum island for a while, had pizza and sat in deckchairs by the river.  We had some frozen yoghurt from a street stall and ate it sat on the steps on the Bode Museum, watching a photo shoot with a man in a suit with a trombone.  No idea who he was but I'm going to keep my eyes open for a CD of the guy.

The play was awesome - completely in German but we knew what was happening (most of the time).  There were a few times when everyone would laugh and we joined in, not knowing what was funny.  The theatre was really cool, all wooden and fairy lights.  The stage lights in the dark attracted fireflies which flew around the theatre the whole night.  I'd go see it again in an instant if I could.  All in all Berlin was interesting; lots of modern buildings that looked like spaceships next to the old architecture.  The history was really interesting, especially the information about the Wall.

Three hours left of this train journey now, so excited for Prague and the strange money!  Can't believe the trip's already halfway through - it feels really fast and also like we've been away and done so much for ages.

Stride like the rooster!