Berlin Zoo

Last Saturday we went to the Berlin Zoo. We were supposed to meet up at 10am but we were late since Jingwen took a long time getting ready in the morning. We got there at like 11:30. Anyway, the student ticket was 8 Euros and comes with a picture of an animal. There's an aquarium too but we decided not to go since we thought the zoo alone would be big enough. We were also planning to go shopping afterwards.

This cat here is one of the first creatures that we saw on this trip. Isn't it soooo cute? We all stared at it for a long time. Poor guy, I think it just wants to sleep. We kept walking around and saw a lot of rodents. They had a noternal animals exhibit too. All the animals were so cute and fuzzy.

After this we wandered around and found a bridge overlooking lots of ducks. It was pretty so we stayed here for a while. Then we decided that we were hungry and went out of the zoo to get some lunch. We went to Nordsee and all got a sandwich. On the way there and back we passed by this store with lots of stuffed animals. One of them was Pookie! You know, Garfield's bear? It was sooo cute. But it was also 10 Euros so none of us got it.

The zoo is huge. We saw so many different animals. There were also lots and lots of bird houses. At some point, we got sick and tired of birds. We were so tired when we finally walked the whole zoo. I'm not kidding, we walked the whole thing. It took us more than 5 hours to do it.

I saved the best picture for last. Well, not really the best picture but that white ball of fur you see behind me is Knut, the first captive born and still alive polar bear. There were so many people crowded around to see him. The other polar bears were pretty active and more interesting, I think.

After the zoo, we did a little bit of shopping. I was really tired and wasn't in the mood for shopping. Jingwen and Carolyn both got something though. And after this, we went to the Haufbahnhof, the main train station, to get monthly passes. Carolyn had to find a place to take a picture. That took a while. She was able to convince the lady that she's a student and got the student rate. It was so much easier for me this time. I just showed the guy my old ticket and the ID that I got last time and he issued me a new one.