Day 17 Wednesday 17th June 2009 Regensburg to Berlin

Day 17 Wednesday 17th June 2009 Regensburg to Berlin.
Our 9am start became a 10am start to allow the 21 who went to Prague yesterday to catch up on some sleep as they did not get back until 10:15pm and still had to have an evening meal. We caught our first train about 10:30 and after 4 train changes arrived at the Berlin Hbf at 4:05pm at ground level; then we had to trail our bags up 4 escalators to another 6 platform station which is where the suburban trains cross the mainline country trains at right angles. This two station building is huge has natural lighting through a glass roof. The suburban tracks are elevated as they travel through the city. Here we caught a crowded suburban train to Berlin Ostbahnhof arriving at about 5pm. The Inter City Hotel where we are staying is part of the Berlin Ostbahnhof (Rail Station) complex; it has lots of shops and a supermarket. We had travelled through the usual nice countryside; there were plenty of windmills again. At 7pm the group had its last meal together as a group.