Tacos, Tequila, and Travel Tip Tuesday

Before I came to Berlin, I asked some friends what I should do during my visit. My friend, Andy Tang, told me I had to go to Museum Island. Last night I read about it briefly while looking up directions. Andy told me there was "a ton" of museums there but I thought he was referring to the five that make up Museum Island.

When I arrived at Museumsinsel, I bought the Berlin Museum Pass. When I left one museum, I followed the signs to the next one. Because I kept stumbling onto museums, I decided to open my map which came with the pass. I discovered the pass gives you admission to 55 museums and 23 of them were in walking distance. Awesome! I love happy surprises. I just found out that Berlin has over 170 museums and galleries. At first I wanted to go to as many as possible. After the sixth one, I was exhausted.

Travel Tip Topic-Museums: If you like museums, I highly recommend buying a museum pass if they offer it. I've purchased several in Belgium and The Netherlands. If I didn't like what I saw in the museum, I would turn around and leave. It's nice to not feel guilty about wasting money on entrance fees. If I was pressed for time, I would speed walk through and just get the gist of it.
Also, always bring your student ID to museums. I am glad my UT student ID doesn't have a date or year on it. I plan on using it for as long as I can pass off as a student. After flashing my ID, I got the Berlin Museum pass for €9,50 instead of €19,00. That's a pretty sweet deal.

Happy National (U.S.A.) Tequila Day! After spending the day in museums, I celebrated at Santa Maria Diner at their "Taco and Tequila Tuesdays." Every Tuesday they have €1 tacos and €1 shots of tequila. I met up with Sam and a couple of her friends. I was impressed by one of her friends who ordered a sole taco followed by six shots of tequila.


I was planning on writing a long blog about what I have been up to. Oops. I will get to it soon but there are a lot of surprises when traveling. Sam and I leave for London this Friday, but we just found out we no longer have housing. Rut roh. Anyone know anyone with a free couch/floor in London? It's almost 1 am here and I'm heading to bed. I can't believe I only have one full day left in Berlin. London('s) calling!

Three things I am grateful for:
1. Many museums are clustered together making it super convenient. 
2. Public transportation
3. Apfelschorle