Leipzig; Monday, 07 April, 2014

I was booked on a train out of Leipzig before 10, so I had to get up and have an early breakfast before checking out and heading over to the station.

After arriving in Berlin and dropping my bag off at the left luggage lockers in the Hauptbahnhof I picked up a ticket and headed deep into the surrounding Brandenburg state to the city of Brandenburg an der Havel.

I only had a couple of hours to look round so I started by having a wander over towards the old town and the Cathedral Island. It was only as I walked past the second closed museum of the day that it finally twigged that it was a Monday, and consequently everything was going to be shut.

The Cathedral, or what of the Cathedral wasn’t undergoing a major renovation, was open to have a look around and a quick visit to the Cathedral museum.

I continued on having a wander around the town, taking in the ruins of the city walls and many watch towers that surround the old town.

By the time I eventually arrived at the back of the old town, having seen most things, I realised it was time I needed to head back towards the station and make the long journey home.

Back in Berlin just over an hour later I picked up my bags from the Hauptbahnhof, back tracked a couple of station to Zoo and picked up the airport express bus back out to Tegal and my flight home.