Hotel vs Hostel

Today was pretty uneventful. Our train left Amsterdam at 10:34 and 1 train transfer and 7 hours later we were in Berlin. Berlin by far had the newest Central Station that we have been to thus far. It seems that the station itself is a shopping mall/train station. Lucky for us, since I had not booked a hotel (per usual), there was a Tourist Information center right in the train station. There we booked a hotel called Hotel 4 Youth for €74/night. We thought the hotel might have been just a half hour walk away, but after a couple of wrong turns and 1 hour and 15 minutes we got to the hotel. This is a brand new hotel that has only been open since August. It’s kind of interesting comparing this hotel with the hostel we just stayed in which is only €14/night difference. We’ll see how it goes tonight. We are planning on spending two full days in Berlin before we move on to Prague on Saturday morning.

I don’t think the pictures do the justice. Although we’re glad to have stayed in the hostel and was probably nicer than our London hotel, I think this hotel in Berlin is much better.