Welcome to Berlin... that’ll be several hundred euros

Time: 7:58 PM CEST
Location: Park Plaza Hotel

I begin this post completely pissed. On the way into Berlin, I think I got captured by one of those speeding cameras (100 kph in a 80 zone, I think). Well god damn. 16 years of non-ticketed driving and I finally get one in Germany, you know, the place where speed limits don’t mean anything... until they do. Blargh!
Anyway -- no wait God DAMMIT!!! -- um, wait, okay Berlin. We came in from the southeast and a lot of traffic. The hotel was overbooked, so tonight we’re staying a suite (two bedrooms separated by half a wall. Apparently there is a tradition that says Internet access is a means to rob you blind.

• 1/2 hour (lobby only) 4.5 euros
  
• 2 hours (lobby only) 9.5 euros
  
• 24 hours 29.95 euros
  
• 7 days 99 euros
  
• 30 days 189 euros

Why 7 days seems like a steal... or theft. Erfut (via T-Mobile was way cheaper) However, I won’t spend 4.50 to get online only to get the U.S. T-Mobile number to bitch about what was 3 days ago. I’m getting the feeling that I won’t be able to connect until the 22nd back at the Uncle’s.

Coming up next: a summary of today at Dresden -- under construction since 1945.