We had to wake up at 6:30 am; a difficult task after a few hours sleep and many beers. We got up and packed our stuff, got ready and walked to the local train station. We used a ticket machine for the first time (rather than a ticket office in main stations) and got the train to the airport. i was feelign pretty seedy at this point, especially with no food or drink yet. We got to the airport about 2 hours early; we were afraid of missing a plane after the KLM incident.We checked in and went through security in efficient German style and then had some breakfast in the terminal. Jess and I both got muesli with yoghurt and fruit; it agreed to be the most tasteless thing either of us had ever eaten. We got on our Air Berlin flight, fearing a crappy flight, but actually had quite a nice 50 minute flight, during which we got some salt & pepper chips and a coke; this was unexpected on such a cheap flight. We got off at Berlin and got our bags (thankfully) and caught the bus then train to our hotel, the Adina Hotel at Checkpoint Charlie, which is apparently an Australian hotel. We checked in and found that our room was a giant 3 roomed apartment. It has a kitchen/ lounge room, bedroom and bathroom. The hotel also has a pool, spa, sauna and gym, though we don't have the appropriate clothing and all the shops are shut. After checking in and chilling for a bit, we walked to teh train station and went to Alexanderplatz, home of the Berlin tower. Everything had shut at 2pm, as it was xmas eve, but we managed to find a currywurst place that we got into just in time; currywurst is amazing. We then caught the train back near our hotel, only to find a Christmas market just outside the Berlin concert house. We had to pay to get in 1 euro, but then had some gluhwein and it was all okay. We were just about to get some food and a wooden xmas decoration, but the clock sounded 6pm and everyone shut up shop. We then walked back to our hotel and got the Xmas menu consisting of potato soup with croutons, duck, and a gingerbread confit. I thought the soup and dessert were average but the duck was amazing. I also had a 500ml (or 50cl as they say here) of Erdinger Hell, which was amazing. We then went back to our room where I fell asleep watching Dylan Moran's 2011 comedy DVD, for the second time.
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