Berlin

I went to Berlin all last week primarily for some work related education but decided to go a day early with two colleagues so that we could do some sightseeing before the class started. The weather couldn't have been better as it was 26 degrees and sunny so we spent the whole of the first afternoon strolling around the sights. The next day we did more stuff, had a long lunch, and did some shopping in KaDeWe which has to be the best department store anywhere.

I think Berlin really is a superb city and has the best of all worlds. It's pretty flat so is very easy to walk around and cover a lot of ground, and coming from the UK it's also very cheap. There's a lot going on there and it feels like a very safe place. There are some superb buildings both historic and modern and the mixtures of the old and the new adds an interesting twist.