We checked out of our hotel and headed for the nearest bus stop. Our plan was to ride a bus to the train station and the put our luggage in a locker. That way we could roam the city, baggage free, for a while and then come back to the train station to catch our night train to Munich. Well, the plan worked about half way. We took the bus in to the main station, but there were no free lockers available. Knowing that there was no way we could lug our bags around town for ten hours we decided to find a seat in the station near an outlet. That outlet happened to be in a food court of Pizza Hut. So there we sat and worked on some projects we have going on back home. A few hours passed and we decided to go the grocery store, conveniently, there was one in the station, we bought a makeshift meal and headed outside to eat up. After dinner we took one final check to see if any lockers opened up and sure thing there was an opening! Stowing our luggage, we headed out of the station and strolled around Berlin, catching a few spots we had not yet covered. Around 10 p.m. we gathered everything up and boarded our night train. It was different from the ones we had previously taken, it looked many years older too. The interior was laid out into mini compartments with only two facing seats inside. The two seats then could be pushed flat and a lower bunk would be made. The second bunk was to be pulled out of the upper wall. It worked out really nicely, with only the two of us in the compartment the strange and slightly smelly people that had been in our pervious couchette were avoided.
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