22 000 steps was walked today. My feet hurt, my legs are tired, it was warm, but it was such a great day. I didn’t think it was too warm, but if you ask Mikael, he says it was, haha! I guess it was around 26C, but we were not out under direct sun most of the day.

We started the day by going to Brandenburg Tor which is the monument of peace. We also saw the Reichtag building right next to it. Our next stop was the Berlin Zoo via Voi’s. It was a little bit too far to walk.

I could have spent many more hours in the zoo. I love watching animals. But we left after 4,5 hours so we would have time to do other things. We didn’t get to see the red pandas or the tigers. Both were hiding in their dens when we walked past. Too bad. The polar bear was not there (do they move them in the summer?) nor were the otters there.

After the zoo we went to look at the Holocaust memorial. We saw so many taking “cute” couple pictures or “influencers” posing. So tacky! Show some respect.

Surprisingly enough, there aren’t any museums of WWII in Berlin. Mikael really wanted to see something about it but we had to do the next best thing. There currently is an exhibition called Roads not Taken which reviews 14 events in the German history in the past 150 years that led up to where they are today. We only got 45 minutes there before they closed, but it was interesting. I find it very hard to take in political information though, but I think Mikael learned a new thing or two.

Back to the hotel for a quick shower, then to Treffpunkt Berlin, a small restaurant very close to our hotel. The food was great, the service was great. And it felt very local and genuine. Can recommend.

This cute little desert cat was playing with a dead mouse.
There was this super chill kangaroo that was lying on its side and staring at us. Haha!

Californian sea lions kinda made me miss Cali a bit. They were jumping around in their wave pool.

There  were hippos. It’s hard to believe that this clumsy animal is one of the world’s most dangerous.
We saw the feeding of the gorillas. The young one was circling around and was adorable. When the zoo keeper threw food in the proximity of the mother and the child, the mother bonked the young one in the head so she could reach the food first. How rude!

This 18-year old male looked at us all very suspiciously. But he was gorgeous with his silver back.

Meerkats are adorable!
Knacker mit sauerkraut at Treffpunkt Berlin. 80m from our hotel. Really nice service, really good food!
Apfelstrudel mit both vanilla sauce, whipped cream and vanilla ice cream. Insane!