Berlin Pt.1 - Tent Station

Our trip to Berlin was FUN. Fun and exhilarating actually. Why? Because it was the first time I could really open up on the road. At first I was a little worried our Peugot wouldn't be able to keep up with the locals but in the end it managed to hold it's own. Of course it pailed in comparison to the Porsches, Audis and Ferraris that flew past us but on the downhill, with my foot on the floor I managed to push our little diesel hatchback up to 201Km/h. I love the Autobahn!

We made our way through the centre of Berlin relatively unscathed although it was a bit confusing and I got beeped once or twice. Our GPS took us to the street our campsite was supposed to be on but I drove past it twice before finding it due to their lack of advertising. This was the sign from the main road…

 

Tent Station was awesome. It used to be a public school which they've since converted into a campsite. The toilets were old change rooms complete with lockers you'd find in a typical American movie, the front office was the original school reception office, the campsite itself was the old school oval and the swimming pools have been converted into a beach volleyball pit, and a stage / skatepark.

 

We couldn't park the car on the camping ground so they gave us wheelbarrows to ferry our things across.

Looking like a ninja turtle with our blue pop-up tent.

 

 

It was a little lacking in certain areas, like the showers which had no curtains and the slight rodent problem...

 

(a nosey ferrett decided to rummage through our tent on the last night), but the wi-fi was free and the vibe was really cool. Everyone was laid back and friendly and it was just a lot of fun to camp there. It was also pretty close to the main railways station in Berlin which really came in handy. I'd highly recommend it to anyone travelling to Berlin on a budget.