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A long plane journey to a sunny destination can be a lot of fun, but if you’ve not had any sleep the night before and you’re traveling during the day, it can become very tiring and frustrating. With the noise of people chatting, air hostesses checking up on the passengers and the flicking of newspapers from those sat near you on the plane, it can become very difficult to nod off and catch up on that lost sleep.

If you struggle to sleep during the day when it’s light, you might need to try using a sleep mask to help you. A sleep mask will block out any light and trick your body into thinking that it’s night time. This will work especially well when you’re tired, as your body will think that it’s night time and you’re tired after a long, busy day. The excitement and stress of packing and going on holiday often leaves many people without sleep before they board the plane, and this is where sleep masks come in very handy.

A couple of hours sleep may be just the thing to need to wake up refreshed at the end of your flight. As a result, you’ll be much more excited when you get off the plane, and planning the events of your holiday will be even better. Sleep masks have proven very helpful for thousands of people traveling on a plane, so you shouldn’t be surprised if you see other passengers taking advantage of the benefits of the masks too.

Sleep masks are the ultimate cheap and easy way to get some sleep while traveling on a plane. Many people have experienced the benefits of using them, and they’re comfortable and easy to carry around with you as well.

If you’re thinking of taking a short break in Berlin you’ll have no shortage of great things to do. This city is one that has an amazing vibe and energy and it is filled with the most awesome hotspots and cultural events you can imagine. I’ll talk about two, the Mauerpark Berlin and the Berlin Liquidrom.

Let’s start with talking about the Mauerpark first. The Mauerpark, which quite literally means “wall-park” in German, is a park that was built alongside the site of the old Cold War Berlin wall. On the one side of the wall was the “death strip”, which was a clear strip of land that people would be shot for entering. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany in 1990, this part of the death strip was turned into a park. It soon filled up with people running a flea-market at the weekend. You can buy the most amazing collection of junk from old records and second-hand bicycles to art deco furniture. It is a flea market that really has to be seen to be believed.

The best part of it though, is not just the flea market, but the musical events that have sprung up around the market. In the big grassy strip alongside the Mauerpark there are buskers and musicians, jugglers and entertainers and all manner of other diversions. There are few better ways of spending a sunday afternoon than hanging out in Mauerpark, browsing in the stalls at the flea market and then chilling out with a picnic and an ice cold beer on the grass listening to music and watching Berliners walk past.

The Liquidrom is a completely different experience. This is a spa with a collection of hot pools and various saunas. That may sound old hat. I promise that it is like nothing you have seen before. The liquidrom has DJs who play music in the main pool in the evening. Above the water is one tune, immerse yourself in the pool and as your ears go under the water you hear a different set of sounds.

You can also enjoy massages and steam rooms. Just remember that, this being Germany, you are expected to strip right down before you enter the sauna.