It seems I made a mistake

Wednesday 4th of July

I don’t want to sound like I’m showing off, but today I ate sorbet, in 30 degrees, overlooking the Mediterranean. Ok, so I am showing off, but it was pretty nice J Mum and Roger took the train to Italy this morning. It was sad to have such a short period of time with them but it was great to meet up in such a fab spot! I took the plane to Berlin this afternoon and Marty and I are now reunited.

For the first time on this trip, it seems that I have made an error of judgement on the accommodation front. In honour of the Berolina Backpackers, I have started a ‘Marty and Rochelle DON’T recommend’ section on this blog. On paper (or more particularly on the internet) this looks like a reasonable place to stay. In reality, to call it utilitarian may be being too kind. Marty went as far as to call it skanky. Berolina looks like it should be part of the old East Berlin and worse, is swarming with school groups. The towels are hand towel sized and the beds have marginal mattresses and squeak. And it STINKS! Oh, and we seem to be in the…. more ‘colourful’ (mostly red) end of town. It’s not pretty.