I MADE IT TO BERLIN BY BIKE!! A very special ride… My bike trip to Berlin Part 12: Potsdam to Berlin

[@Originalkugelzwerg]

Thank you for your nice comments about Berlin and Potsdam, I'm not used to them anymore. Summer is the right time to visit Berlin, that's for sure.

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

I love Berlin as well as Potsdam! And indeed the weather made it even better 😊

[@johngorentz6409]

I've watched the whole series and wanted you to know that I like your style of narration, where you mostly let us see the view from the bicycle and narrate after it's all over, with just enough talking into the camera from the moving bicycle to make points that are best done that way. My favorite bicycling channels do it that way. It looks like Berlin was very bicycleable. My wife and I prefer small cities that are easy to get to know, both here in the U.S. and in Europe, but your ride through Berlin looked better than I might have expected for a large city.

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

Ohh thank you so much!! I’m glad you enjoyed my videos! And I indeed found Berlin a good bike city! A bit busy but definitely doable and enjoyable 😊 yes I do understand that I don’t like it either when the traffic is a lot to handle as I bike because it is relaxing 😅 But Berlin is definitely nice to bike through!

[@mardiffv.8775]

03:48 Do you see the Dutch style houses left and right? Yes, that is the Dutch neighborhood of Potsdam. The gables are very recognizable.

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

Ahh yes I see! Nice to know! Thank you for comment I love to learn a more of the places that I visit 😊

[@leapintothewild]

What a nice ending for your trip! No rain, no cold, just blue skies and lovely green ❤

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

Yess indeed!! A beautiful end to a beautiful trip 😊

[@user-cr3fz8lz2i]

Great adventure and accomplishment Elizabeth! I understand how you felt about the finish line. It’s like the “accomplishment” doesn’t last as long as you expected. However, it probably makes you yearn for the next one. I’m looking forward to the next adventure! Love the shorter hair too! 😊

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

Thank you!! 😊 And yes I indeed am already thinking about the next trip! And thanks I do enjoy my hair as well 💁‍♀️😅

[@leojonkers3181]

Thank you,it was great trip.

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

Thanks for your comment! Glad you enjoyed it ;)

[@paulbruin3244]

Hi Elizabeth great video great achievement and well done

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

Thank you so much!! ☺️

[@AndrewBroadbent-dr8wb]

Well done on achieving your goal of reaching Berlin. Thank you for all the excellent vlogs, enjoyed them all.

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

Thank you!! Lovely to hear that you enjoyed the videos! I appreciate you followed my journey ☺️

[@TerryW5379]

We were in Berlin last year and loved it. The train station was a great experience that I won’t forget. The fresh bretzels are so good! Thanks for taking us on your bike trip

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

Yes I totally get that I also love Berlin (and the pretzels! 😅) And the train station is beautiful! Thanks for following me on my journey! 😊

[@dobigez]

Harikasın. Çok güzel tur videosu olmuş.

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

Thank you!! 😊

[@TheEssexSpurs]

Great. I've got something to watch tonight when everyone's in bed.

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

Sounds like a nice plan! 😅😊

[@tonypaddler]

Yay, we're finally in Berlin! 😁🚲 I haven't (yet) been back since I lived and worked there, but your trip has felt like I was slowly returning 🙂 I loved your "Happy Hauptbahnhof" dance in the outro hahaha! Also, I'm pleased that you found Potsdam to be as nice as it is. Looking forward to your next trip 🚲🙂⛺👍 Oh great, a Berlin tourism video to come, I'll love that!

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

Yess we are!! That is lovely to hear! Hahaha yess you can say that I was indeed happy 😅 And yes Potsdam totally surprised me although I only biked through it of course. Yes now there will be a video of Berlin and a video that I'm going home and then the next adventure! 😊

[@tonypaddler]

@@ElizabethHoefkens great, your Berlin tour video will update me on the new buildings that will have appeared. And, of course, it will be a trip 'down memory lane' (in die Vergangenheit zurück) 😀👍

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

@@tonypaddler I hope it will! 😊

[@tellit_one3613]

Well done! Happy dance was epic!! 🎉

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

Thank you!! 😊

[@randelscyclevlogperthwa7342]

A very pleasant journey...keep smiling

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

Thank you! And I will ☺️

[@dooley-ch]

Thanks Elizabeth. A great trip....

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

Thank you! 😊

[@janthefarmer2411]

Proud of you, i followed your trip all the way long, and enjoyed it ,....also your comments , i liked a lot

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

Thank you so much! That’s lovely to hear ☺️

[@siebel204]

Another nice video and it brought back many happy memories from my own trip to Berlin in 2023 (using the same route). That empty feeling you had at the end of the trip can be avoided by cycling back via different route. At least, that is the way I have done it with all by bicycle trips. Just a suggestion (depending on the amount of days off you can get at work). So what are the plans for your next trip?

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

Ah that is great that it brought you back to your trip! 😊 And biking back sounds like a goog way to avoid that, however I indeed mostly don’t have enough time for that. That’s is a good question! I did a trip after this one already and I will “reveal” that one in one of my next videos but I’m still debating where I’m going next spring/summer. So suggestions are welcome! 😁

[@siebel204]

Keuzes genoeg maar de beslissing hangt voor een groot deel af van de beschikbare tijd.🙂

[@Lingu42]

Nice, you actually biked through the Dutch Quarter in Potsdam.

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

Ohhh I didn’t know that! 😅 I will have a look at it thanks for mentioning ☺️

[@Lingu42]

@@ElizabethHoefkens It is these nice buildings at 3:51. Now that I look it up, the exact SALE sign which can be seen in your video is also visible on the picture in Wikipedia 😄

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

@@Lingu42 Hahah oh wow that is interesting! Must be hanging there for a while now 😅

[@iainthompson502]

Well done. Kudos!

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

Thank you!! 😊

[@TheEssexSpurs]

Well well well!!!! I am feeling sad because you went past so many places in Berlin that I know and desperately want to back there and see some different places. As for your video it was really good and I will await the next Berlin video. What go pro did you get? I have just been scammed for a go pro 9 and hopefully will get my money back tomorrow. Thanks again Elizabeth.

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

I totally understand that! I love Berlin!! Thank you 😊 Oh no that’s awful! Hope you get your money back indeed. I have a second-hand go pro 10.

[@TheEssexSpurs]

@@ElizabethHoefkens Got my money back and have just bought a Go Pro 9 so if I can make videos half as good as yours I will be extremely happy..

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

@@TheEssexSpurs That's great to hear!! And I bet you will make great videos 😊

[@nagarabs]

Yeah! Finally! So, do you really live ini Berlin? Or just staying temporarily?

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

Yeahh! 🥳 No I just stayed there temporarily for a couple of days. I live in the Netherlands ☺️

[@nagarabs]

@@ElizabethHoefkens Ah, its turn out you're Dutch? So we have same pronunciation when we said "Hello" it will be "Halo", because I'm Indonesian.

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

@@nagarabs Yes I'm indeed Dutch 😊 And yes we do have the same pronunciation of the word "halo" 😅

[@nagarabs]

So, is Berlin more comfortable than Amsterdam for cycling?

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

@@nagarabs Ohh good question! I guess I prefer Berlin. 😅 But that is because it was less busy than in Amsterdam but that is probably because of the timing. 😊

[@nagarabs]

In 10:24 I saw a guy sitting on the road. Did he have an accident?

[@ElizabethHoefkens]

Ah good observation! I guess he was just chilling in the sun as they were together and had a very relaxed vibe. And they also didn't had a bike with them. 😊