PLEASE dont move this topic, so that people can see it.....like no one checks the other boards...

Tonight, I will be flying from Washington DC to London, staying at a youth hostel for 7 days, then flying to Berlin to stay for 9 days.

In London, my friends and I are going to see Stonehenge, a bunch of Castles, the British Museum, and the Tower of London. Oh, and its freakin mandatory that we mess with the guards at Buckingham palace. Id like to do something original to them though, not too harsh, but really really funny.

In Berlin ill be going to the Berlin Wall, the Reichstag, and a bunch of other places. My friends and I are taking a train to Heidelberg, where my dad lived for like 5 years, and seeing the sites there.

Well be going to pubs and clubs galore and something more, chatting with the local people, and just having a grand ol' time.

Any other suggestions as to what is cool to do in London or Berlin? We are basically winging it, we havent signed up for any tours.....just kind of showing up and figuring out what to do from there!

There is a 24 hour internet cafe in both hostels, and I believe its free, so I will be able to post links to all the pictures I take, as well as maybe a short journal thingamajig. Ill also be able to check up on current events and maybe debate a bit, given I have the time to.
Ill probably be on every few days, time permitting.

Well.....wish me luck! No parents......NO MERCY!!!!

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Good luck, hope the trip goes well. In London, theres a kinda one mile square with The Houses Of Parliament, Big Ben, several museums, the London eye and various other sites worth seeing. Lots of the museums are relatively close to each other too, so as long as you get off at the right tube stop, you'll be able to find everything pretty easy and all within walking distance of each other. You can buy a pocket map for about £4 in any newsagent in London, I recommend you do so, its easy to get lost in the center of London, but is also easy to find anything if you have a decent map.

Germany is a wonderful place, I spent several years in Osnabruck, near Munster, and can promise you'll get a warm response from the locals.

ENJOY

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Picadelli Circus and Soho are worth a visit and so is the Camden and Coventry Gardens.
You may invest in the couple of pounds and drive out to Windsor Castle.
If you are interested in the theaters and arts there are great musicals and concerts playing every night.
Madame Toussauds is also worth seeing (if you never saw it), as it is the best wax figurine museum in the world.
The british naval museum, Cutty Sark in Greenwich are not out of distance either, at least for a day trip.
Other than that, enjoy the bad british food lol. Fish and Chips are the best followed by Indian food. Stay away from the saussages and alike as they are made of sawdust (or maybe they just taste that way). Blood pudding, Haggas (or however you spell that), liver pie and other specialty items are to be avoided at any time (unless you are insane or suicidal).

Berlin has a new Holocaust Memorial to visit, the Kurfuerstendamm is a big nice alley for shopping and seeing a bunch of stuff, the Brandenburger Tor is a must see. You may also want to go to the Bundestag (German Parliament) where you can walk up into the glass dome. Pretty cool stuff.
If you are into sports, check out the "olympic stadium and the Funkturm (TV tower) offering a great arial view of Berlin.
You can take the train out to Bellevue in Potsdam which is a great castle right outside Berlin. There are also numerous museums in Berlin you may want to check out.
Stay away from Bahnhof Zoo and sourroundings at night though as it is not the safest area (littered with junkies and hookers) after dark.

Heidelberg, well have a blast, it is a student town, there is plenty to do. You may want to take a trip to the castle, spend a day cruising up and down the Neckar (river flowing through Heidelberg) to see the pitoresque valley and castles lining the valley.
BASF world headquarters is in Ludwigshafen (about a 20 minute train ride from Heidelberg) and may be giving you a tour.
Mannheim (about 15 mins by train) has also a nice castle wich houses the local university. You can walk through the square city and simply enjoy it.

I could continue but am not really sure as to what you are expecting or is along the lines of what you want....

Bring plenty of soap, toothpaste and deodorant, because these are all banned substances in Euro.

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any one of the castles such as Windsor or Hampton Court, although I recommend the latter because the hedge maze is cool. St Paul's Cathedral is also awesome, the whispering walls are cool. The walls are circular and you can have one person stand on one side and the other person on the other side about 50 yards away. You can whisper and hear each other, it's pretty neat.

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JMS gets another English lesson:

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there is no "mostly unique;" thats like saying "sometimes always," its an oxymoron - its either one or the other.

The result:

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By the mid-19th century unique had developed a wider meaning, “not typical, unusual,” and it is in this wider sense that it is compared. The comparison of so-called absolutes in senses that are not absolute is standard in all varieties of speech and writing.

Have fun in Europe, Neo. It's a fantastic place from what I've experienced. Try to hop on over to Switzerland if you can. The city of Bern is well worth the visit, and I believe it's close to Germany.

you boycott France.

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"Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival."
Winston Churchill

Have you ever left Mayberry?

I avoid places where soap, deodorant and tooth paste are banned substances. And women with hairy legs and underarms don't do much for me, either.

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"Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival."
Winston Churchill

What an ignorant thing to say......