Mundur lagi catatan perjalanan gw
Wednesday, 24 september 2015
this was my firstt long haul trip after soooo many years. We flew with Qatar Airways, berangkat CKG at midnight and arrive at DOH shubuh jam 4 and with 4 hr of transit. Hungry!
pas buka timeline liat posingan teman teman makan ketupat sayur on Eid Adha bikin nangis ihhhhh! saya lapaaarrr!!!! Now I know how my Indonesian friends who lives abroad hate me for posting Lontong Sayur Medan!!!!
on our next flight to Berlin, I think more than half on the board were runners, I guess there were over 20 Indonesian and most of them would be participating in Berlin Marathon.
Di penerbangan ini gw agak “apes”, dapat tempat duduk yang ngga ada jendelanya sementara orang depan kami sibuk jepret jepret terus! bikin kesel deh ngga bisa liat pemandangan. Mana kayaknya indah bukit bukit gitu.
at the bus to Berlin Hbt
at about 2pm, Berlin Time (7 pm TangSel time) alhamdulilah! Halo Deuthchland!!! Arrived at Tegel International Airport yang mana…kecil boo!
begitu keluar pesawat ya langsung antri imigrasi.
Kelar ambil koper, ke counter informasi beli tiket bus/tram/kereta yang harganya Euro 39 untuk 5 hari. I think I think I bought the wrong ticket as Euro 39 is also for outside Berlin. Harusnya Euro 30-an aja kayaknya.
Then proceed to the bus that would take us to Berlin Hopbanhoft. I can stop smiling while in bus! Ihiy! I made to this side of the world!
Arrive at Berlin Hbt, we took train which is very on time.
Om Google bilang at 3.26 keretanya datang, beneran nongol tuh S75 (S Bhan ya, bukan Metro Mini Blok M – Pasar Minggu) that would take us to station Warschauer Straße.
Di stasiun yang nyaris di ujung kota dan ngga ada lift macam Stasiun Jurang Mangu gini, okelah kita geret geret koper naik tangga untuk ke hotel N How. View belakag hotel cakeppppp tepi sungai.
Lobby Nhow hotel
this is the only hotel “mewah” yang kita nginapin while in Europe. Interiornya PINK semua cynn…Will write a review after this!
Setelah check in, kami ke East Gallery, sisa reruntuhan Tembok Berlin. Only 5 mins walk from N How hotel.
Take a pose in East Side Galery. The Arena Mercedez Benz just accros this
gw copas aja status gw di Path ya waktu gw pamer foto update status.
— It was in 1990, at the store called MARS in Irving, Texas. Tembok berlin baru diruntukan in 1989 and the store sold its crushed. I ask my dad’s permission to buy that thumb-sized stone for USD 8, he of course refused and said
“ngapain batu gitu aja dibeli. Nanti aja kalo udah gede kakak ke Berlin aja sendiri!”
25 years later, what he said comes true! Memang benar kata orang, ucapan orang tua adalah do a bagi anaknya! HOW I FEEL SO BLESSED —
LOVE!
Anyway, like I said, I won’t write in chronological order. This what I did while in Berlin (separate post for Berlin Marathon and U2 in concert)
Before I proceed, here is a tip HOW TO SURVIVE IN BERLIN by its Public Transportation
Bawa tuh peta Jalur Sbhan Ubhan :)) ato download applikasi Deutch Bhan
Malam pertama sampai di Berlin, gw jet lag berat pas ambil race pack buat Berlin Marathon (jam 8 malam berlin time, jam 1 pagi TangSel time) Adek gw masih lama di arena expo, gw udah cranky. Gw sok tau, pulang sendirian dan nyasar!!! gw lupa kalo kota besar jalurnya bisa di atas (Sbhan) ato Underground (U bhan) Anyway, gw frustasi sebenarnya sama Ubhan Sbhan Berlin ini hahahhahah.
And New for me : There’s is no gate/tap machine in Berlin (then later I know same thing in Wien and Munich)
Jadi kalau mau beli tiket kereta single trip atau One Day pass, beli di machinenya yang sebesar kotak surat, kita validate langsung. Ngga ada gate macam MRT Singapore atau Rapid KL (maaf ya, sementara refrensi gw cuma dua kota besar ini hahahhaha) . Bisa cheating donk? Main naik kereta tanpa beli tiket? BISA BANGET! Tapi hati-hati, there will be random checker from the officers. Tiba-tiba officersnya naik ntah di stasiun mana…woopsss! There it is! Gw dua kali kebagian random checkers ini. Sanksi-nya apa? Ngga tau gw ….hahahahahha
ok, here what I did in Berlin
Run at Berlin Spree
breakfast
Next Morning, I run!! what else!!!! And can’t stop smiling! Just behind the hotel.
We also had breakfast at the very nice small caffe just across the East Galery and Mercedez Arena. The waitress didn’t speak English, so we used bahasa Tarzan. After you had your meal, don’t forget to clean up your own plates and cups! 😉
Nothing new for IKEA-Alam Sutra where they ask the visitors to clean up their own tray, actually? 😀
And own, then we check out and move to our next hotel in Motel One leipziger plats dekat sekali sama Postdemar Platz train station. If you plan to join Berlin Marathon 2016 , this is very recommended to stay Close to starting pen, and many other point of interest like :
semacam tugu peringatan atas matinya orang Yahudi pada jaman Nazi dulu. Adek gw pengen banget kesini karena :
taken dari WIKI
According to Eisenman’s project text, the stelae are designed to produce an uneasy, confusing atmosphere, and the whole sculpture aims to represent a supposedly ordered system that has lost touch with human reason. A 2005 copy of the Foundation for the Memorial’s official English tourist pamphlet, however, states that the design represents a radical approach to the traditional concept of a memorial, partly because Eisenman did not use any symbolism. However, observers have noted the memorial’s resemblance to a cemetery.
Jadi ya, design dan konstruksi unik. Daerahnya sendiri ngga rata kok, berundak-undak.
Note for Visitor, please don’t step on the stone! Stone-nya ada yang tinggi ada yang pendek. I saw many tourist did it. Please don’t regardless this Jews Thing! Remember that one stone is actually represent one people, so it’s just like you step on the grave.
just 5 mins from here you’ll find
Its landmark, Bradenburg Tor
Reichstag Building, The Parlement Building
You can visit Reichstag Buildingm then climb to its dome where you can see Berlin from above. If you’re befriended with me in Facebook, my latest profile pic with Berlin Maratahon 2015 medal are in front of this building.
Then we cross the street toward Berlin Hbt again to make our way to Kedutaan RI di Berlin.
Diundang Pak Dubes, Fauzi Bowo carbo loading dengan peserta Marathon dari Indonesia. Di sini akhirnya kenalan sama Prasti dan Margareth. Margareth ternyata adik kelas kami jaman SMA. Besoknya kami menghabiskan waktu sama-sama.
Lego Museum
in front of lego Museum
Dekat banget dari Hotel, tapi yang gw baca di trip advisor ngga worth it. So we skipped this. Mainannya juga ngga banyak dan sama saja harganya sama di Tang Sel..
Agak jauh dari Hotel bisa visit :
Museum Islands
Like its name, there were many many museum over her. Surrounded by the river! Unfortunately, we didn’t visit any of the museum here. Just strolling over this area which is very big! Yet, very nice! Paket museum juga dijual, tentunya beli ticket masuk beberapa museum akan lebih murah dari beli individual.
Oh em gees…. I LOVE THIS CITY a lot!!! Best Capital city (owh well, gw jarang jalan jalan juga sih yaa…hahhaha)
Alexander Platz Area.
which is daerah belanjanya yaaa. ramai betul. Yang suka produk Lulu Lemon, deket sini ada outletnya. Yang jaga namanya Jen, she is Canadian who studies in Berlin. She said she visited Bali when she was 5. Then she said “own well, banyak banget orang Indonesia ke sini lho dari kemarin”
With Jen from Lulu Lemon Store 😉
Pasti donk kakak!!! Runners and Yogis Indonesia kan pengen hitzzz bajunya!
And owh, we also had little shop in PRIMACK. Macam Ramayana nya gitu deh. Haahhahaha rame betul.
Berlin Tower taken from Alexander Platz
Daerah dekat pertokoan ini pada jamannya jadi perbatasan antara Jerman Barat dan Jerman Timur. Di area ini ada papan yang menggambarkan sejarah singkat tentang pemisahan Jerman sampai tembok ini diruntuhkan 1989. Manusia memang serakah ya! Jaman apapun itu!!!
US Army Check Point — you’re leaving American Sector
I also wrote this in my Path account. I took their picture, and “the officer” on my left
“From Indonesia?”
Nodded
Then he walked toward us and said “SATU, DUA, TIGA”
Then he said he’s also a moslem and chanting AL Fatihah. Ah, bukan ijab kabulnya aja sih sekalian…#ehhh
Reading this information made me sad.That Peter Fechter was trying to climb the wall to West Germany. He was shot by two officers. After the Berlin Wall ruined, the officers who killed Peter was sentenced to jail in 1997!
Oh Em Gee!!! Those two officer kan cuma disuruh komandannya pasti :((
Sejarah memang ditulis pemenang perang! Bukan yang kalah lalu tersisih!
And what you MUST eat here if you’re an INDONESIAN
The famous EL Reda
In front of El Reda
Why? Found out yourself! No wonder half of its visitor are Indonesian! Both students and employees! 😉
After The Concert, Tuesday 29th September 2015 we kissed Berlin Goodbye and heading to Prague and took train to Prague from Berlin Hopbanhoft.
Tips naik kereta antar negara
papan informasi posisi gerbong
- cari di peron mana keretanya dari papan informasi (pasti lah ya…hahahah)
- nanti di Peron yang dimaksud ada papan yang kasih gambaran (foto di atas) , kereta kita datang dari arah mana, dan gimana pembagian gerbongnya, sehingga calon penumpang juga tahu harus menunggu di area sebelah mana A, B atau C. jadi ngga terburu buru “eh ya ampun gerbong gw di ujung sana rupanya….” Soalnya keretanya ngga berhenti lama!
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Train to Prague
I have a very pleasant trip! Until we meet again Berlin!
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