Germany Trip Part 1

Okay so before leaving, I can honestly say I had a lot of jitters/anxiety about the Germany trip.  Amanda and I (first-time trip planners) decided to go against the norm (everyone else was going to london) and on a Sunday bought all of our transportation and lodging for the following Thursday.  There were a few minor glitches but with a little re-organizing we were ready to depart.  My final class of the day was scheduled to end at 3:00 pm and my teacher has a tendency to run a little late.  Usually it's not a big deal but our shuttle to the train station in Grantham left at 3:10pm so I ran over there to find out that the shuttle was filled to capacity.  In this case they are able to have another shuttle run but the time was ticking until our train left Grantham at 3:26pm.  Thankfully, the driver agreed to take us straight to the station, where we ran in and had to have our tickets printed.  I was so nervous we were going to miss the train, but we had them ready and were standing on the platform just in time at 3:24pm.  We ended up taking seats next to different people due to the full coach and we both had pleasant conversations with locals.  The girl I sat by was going to visit her dad who is working on the 2012 Olympics that will be held in London.  When we got off the train, we made sure to quickly get our photos taken by Platform 9 3/4 to Hogwarts at Kings Cross :) Next we had to catch the tube up to Victoria and then take Victoria to Gatwick Airport.  We easily found right where we needed to be and went right through security.  We exchanged our pounds to euros and then grabbed some sandwiches while we waited for our flight.   We boarded the flight and then had a pleasant EasyJet flight that was less than 2 hours to Berlin, Germany.  In Berlin, we exited onto the tarmac (which was a little weird but also fun because it was like the movies).  After going through border control, we couldn't really figure out what bus to get on so we decided to walk to our hotel (it wasn't too far).  When we arrived at the Albergo Hotel we had a few issues checking in because of the paperwork, but they were patient and we eventually got it all straightened out.  Our hotel room was nice, very european!  We couldn't figure out how to turn the TV on though lol!  Here we relaxed and spent some time planning our time in Berlin the following morning :)