Ninety-Nine Red Balloons

Okay, so sorry for the long period of time with no updates, but this is the first time that I've reallz had enough time to update since my last post. Sort story for those of you in a rush, Berlin was amazing and right now I'm in Prague and I'm loving it.
Now for those of you who are still reading, the rest of the story. I stayed at the Mitte Backpacker's Hostel (in a 32 bed dorm) for three nights. The huge dorm wasn't so bad with the snoring, I got a pretty good sleep, but it was the smell. Nearly every bed was filled for the time I was there, mostly wiht people who really need to shower more often, and their smelled exuded and mingled into one seriously funky dorm. That wouldn't have been so bad if there had been any sociable people but really everyone was there either to sleep or they were in a group and only associated with people in that group. The bar that also served breakfast in the morning was a really cool place, but it was hard to enjoy when you were always sitting there silently eating your food.
Every day I went on a tour in Berlin. I felt it would be good for me to do the touristy things for aa bit and then the non-touristy things and then compare the two and Berlin was going to be designated for tourist stuff just because there was so much to see. I went on my tours with this cool company called Sandeman's, but really everyone just knows it as the "free tours group." With that being said, they offered free tours. I found the company in Amsterdam from the hostel I was staying at and found out that they actually do tours all over Europe. They also hire people specifically from Western, English speaking countries so that tourists feel like they are being led through the city by another tourist, which to a degree they are. Not all of the tours they offer are free, there's just the free tour and then others they offer which you pay for. So first day in Berlin I went on the free tour, then the alternative culture tour, then the Potsdam tour, then the concentration camp tour. During the time I spent with the tour guides I started talking with them about what made them become tour guides and if they are able to pay for their stay in Berlin with the money they make from the tours. They said they made a good enough living and so now I'm thinking that some time, a few years from now, I'll come back to Berlin and give tours myself.
On the free tour I met a very friendly Aussie couple who were, ironically, staying at a hostel called Wombat's. I later ended up going to stay at the Wombat's hostel which I really liked more than the Mitte Backpacker's Hostel. Also on the free tour we saw what might have been a wedding at a fountainin the middle of Museum Island (an island between two rivers upon which the major museums of Berlin are built, pretty self explainatory). Everyone gathered around the fountain had a red balloon with what looked like a peice of paper, probably with some kind of wish or something written on it, tied to the balloon and then everyone let the balloons go to the winds. I don't know if there were exactly ninety-nine of the balloons, but there were a lot, they were red, and I was in Germany and so I felt the song reference was needed.
Along with the tours I also visited the Pergamon Museum, which is a reconstruction of an ancient greek temple. This obviously has close to nothing to do with German history, nor does the reconstructed gates of Babylon, but it was still really cool to see. Unfortunatly I did not get to see the Berlin bears, the Berlin Zoo, the Memorial Church, German Parliment, or my german relatives. You might say I missed out, but I say I just have another reason to go back there.
Now I'm in Prague staying with my good friend Ondrej. Prague so far is awesome and Ondrej is making it all the more enjoyable, my time here in Prague doesn't feel as touristy as Berlin did, here I'm doing what most locals do at my age; hang out, watch movies, drink beers, and watch the game. It's not some amazing thing that would warrant pictures that you would bring back home and show in a slide show to everyone, but it's fun and it's the closest to what you could call a genuine experience in a foreign country, something which every tourist seems to be persuing.

*Note*My spelling might be a slight bit worse in this post, something due to spell check not working the same when you're working on a computer that knows Czech. If the spelling errors are too much for you, don't let me know and just stop reading.