The first half of Day 10 in Berlin was a day trip to Wolfsburg. It is the site of the Volkswagen headquarters and also the world largest car plant. The Autostadt, is an attraction just next to the Volkswagen factory and features automobiles as their main theme of attraction. Taking the bahn out of Berlin Hbf, we reached Wolfsburg Hbf in about 2 hours. Afterwards, it was an easy 10 minutes walk to reach the Autostadt.
The Autostadt is made up of several areas and buildings and a number of tours are available as well. We opted for the car tower ascent tour which was a tour of how manufactured cars were stored automatically. The museum featured a few of vintage models of the Kombi, our favourite vehicle. It was also possible to purchase a Volkswagen and arrange to pick up the car (with the odometer at 0.00) at the plant, where you get complimentary access to the Autostadt and a free tank of petrol. If you have a European or international license, you can try some of the all terrain track driving experience or the safety training driving track. Since we did not have international driving licenses, they kindly gave us three rides to experience the driving technology in newest models of Volkswagen cars in the Ausfahrt.
We headed to the Sony Center for the Potsdamer Platz Christmas Market. Sony Center is the only place in Berlin to catch the latest blockbusters in English and they had a large display of Smaug guarding his pile of gold from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug! There was also a Legoland Discovery Centre with a number of Christmas themed Lego-made statues in its vicinity. As we walked along the streets filled with Christmas markets we found ourselves within walking distance from the Brandenburger Tor!
Finally, we visited the Gendarmenmarkt, the only Christmas market that required a nominal entrance fee. It was located in a square surrounded by many landmarks and seemed to be extremely popular as proven by the massive crowd.
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