wao, from finland to estonia and then to germany within 12 hours. departed from helsinki at 8am yesterday via ferry to tallinn. weather wasn't that fablous upon arrival and the place is like the poorer cousin of finland. it's a bit like thailand in terms of shopping centres layout. the old town was great though. took lots of pictures but we had to trek through meandering alleys with our heavy backpacks! arrived in the town centre for some post xmas celebration. we were treated to a concert of xmas carols and hip-hop dance. we in turn treated ourselves to some pork chop courtesy of alan haha. the place was cold and windy like helsinki and we took the bus to talinn international airport at 330pm. it must be the smallest international airport we've come across so far haha. but the great thing was it provides free wireless internet! that meant catching up with love ones for an hour of course.
berlin is even colder than helsinki or talinn. probably due to the high humidity. we reached the hostel at 840pm and to our dismay we found out that we had to pay for internet access. so we unpacked and went out in search of dinner. it was a blast! Burger King! haha. like what gerald mentioned during his exchange in stuttgart, berlin is the cheapest capital in europe and so it is! after dinner we made our way around town and took pictures of some nice architectures. the brandenburger gate, reichstag and also laid our eyes on this marvellous swarovski xmas tree in hauptbahnhof. sight to behold, imagine crystals hanging around the tree instead of bells haha. reached back and paid for internet access but when we reached our room, we discovered that there was this free wireless service!! blur!! felt a bit cheated but what to do haha..just use lor.
today was a tiring day travelling from monuments to museums and shopping centre. berliner dom, neue wache, pergamon museum, national galerie, altes museum, fernsehturm, roles rathaus and more. woohoo. great shopping day for alan and meng! haha. day ended with meng playing boss and giving us a dinner treat. sweet=)
